Maxey v. Heckethorn

This was an action of assumpsit in the Fayette Circuit Court brought by Henry Heckethorn against John Maxey and Philip IL Howard, trading and doing business under the firm name of Maxey and Howard. The plaintiff obtained a verdict which the court refused to set aside on motion and reasons filed, and rendered a judgment thereon, to reverse which the defendants bring the case here by appeal.

It appears from the bill of exceptions, that the property purchased of the plaintiff, some cattle and sheep, were purchased by one James Hewitt, representing himself as the agent of Maxey, Howard’s name not…