Mulhall v. Gillespie

Citations

• 89 Ill. 346

Syllabus

<p>1. Joint liability—-for money advanced on dispatch. Defendants described in the declaration as partners, or as doing business under a firm name, are jointly liable to one who advances or pays money for them upon a dispatch in the firm name requesting such payment, where the partnership or joint liability is not put in issue.</p> <p>2. If the joint liability of the defendants is proved, it is not material whether they are described in the declaration as partners, and a recovery may be had.</p>