Case Name: Stevens v. Rolfe & a.
Court: New Hampshire Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
Decision Date: 1876-12
Citations: 58 N.H. 63
Docket Number: 
Parties: Stevens v. Rolfe & a.
Judges: Stanley and Bingham, JJ., did not sit.
Reporter: New Hampshire Reports
Volume: 58
Pages: 63–63

Head Matter:
Stevens v. Rolfe & a.
The 46th rule, considering the signatures of instruments declared on as admitted if not denied within the first four days of the first term, does not apply to an instrument declared on in an amendment made after the first term.
Assumpsit, on the common counts against the defendants as partners, under the name of The Essex Well Company. After the first term, the declaration was amended by tlie addition of a count on a note, signed “ E. F. Bailey, Agent of Essex Well.” There was no evidence tending to show that the defendants authorized Bailey to give the note, or held him out as having authority to give it, or were estopped to deny his authority. The plaintiff excepted to tlie ruling, that the signature of the note was not admitted under the 46th rule, and to a nonsuit ordered by the circuit court.
Ray, Drew Sf Jordan, for the plaintiff.
G. A. Bingham, Aldrich Sf Shu/rtleff, and Dudley,for the defendants.

Opinion:
Allen, J.
The instrument being declared on in an amendment made after the first term, the signature was not admitted under the 46th rule, which considers signatures admitted unless denied within the first four days of the first term. Benedict v. Swain, 43 N. H. 33.
Exceptions overruled.
Stanley and Bingham, JJ., did not sit.