Jones v. Shaw

— This was a suit on a promissory note for $400, dated November 20th, 1874, due one day after date. Defendants averred in their answer that plaintiff and the defendant Shaw entered into copartnership about the 20th day of October, 1874, for the purpose of buying and selling hogs during the packing season of 1874; that about said 20th day of October the plaintiff, for the purpose of starting said business, advanced to the defendant Shaw the sunn of $400, which said defendant paid out, together with large sums of his own, in the purchase of hogs, which were shipped to and sold by the plaintiff;…