Alden v. Barbour

Lucius Barbour, Ira D. Owen, and Lucius C. Buell brought an action of assumpsit against William Snyder and Charles O. Alden. The declaration was composed of two special, and the common, counts.

The first count charged that the defendants, by the name and description of Snyder and Alden, heretofore, &c., made their certain promissory note, &c. No question arises on this count, and it need not be more fully set out.

The second count charged that the plaintiffs, by the *415name of Barbour, Owen, and Buell, drew a bill of exchange directed to the defendants, by the name of Snyder and Alden, and thereby…