Case Name: Cochran vs. Scott
Court: New York Supreme Court of Judicature
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1829-08
Citations: 3 Wend. 229
Docket Number: 
Parties: Cochran vs. Scott.
Judges: 
Reporter: Wendell's Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 229–230

Head Matter:
Cochran vs. Scott.
in declaring °n a note as the endorsee of afirm.it is not t^° names of the of A demurrer to a declara. tion contain. ing several counts will not be sustained if either count is good.
Demurrer to declaration. The plaintiff declared as the indorsee of a promissory note, payable to Lawrence Power , .. . . . T t, and company, alleging an endorsement by Lawrence Power and company, without setting forth the names of the persons composing the firm. The declaration contained also the common money counts. The defendant demurred 'to the whole declaration, assigning special causes; the plaintiff ... Joined. ....
R- Lockwood, for plaintiff.
H. M. Western, for defendant.

Opinion:
By the Court.
Marcy, J.
It was not necessary to set forth the names of the persons composing the firm of Lawrence Power and company, they being neither plaintiffs nor defendants in the suit. If the plaintiff derives his title to a note through a firm, he is not required to state in his declaration the names of the persons composing it. (8 Wheaton 642. 3 Chitty's Pl. 35.)
There is a still stronger reason, if possible, for overruling this demurrer. The declaration contains several counts, and the demurrer is put in to the whole ; the assigned cause of demurrer applies to only one count, and the sufficiency of the other counts is not questioned.
Judgment for plaintiff.