¶1The plaintiff failed to show that the defendants were copartners; not only that, but he affirmatively shows that the defendants’ firm was not the firm who signed the instrument or agreement upon which this action is based. It is a fact that defendants’ firm was not in existence at the time it was signed; therefore, it is clear that no cause of action was established against the defendants.
¶2The plaintiff was not entitled to a judgment against Charles P. Rogers individually. The agreement in question was not one upon which he might be sued alone; it was not his individual agreement, but the agreement of his firm as it then existed, and no action could be maintained against Rogers indi- ’ vidually upon such agreement, and could only be brought against him and his (their) copartners.
¶3This being in our judgment the law, it follows that in this action no judgment could be entered against him, and, therefore, as against him the complaint was rightfully dismissed.
¶4The judgment is affirmed, with costs.
¶5Van Wyck, Ch. J., concurs.
¶6Judgment affirmed, with costs.