Shannon & Co. v. Fechheimer, Goodkind & Co.

Jackson. Chief Justice.

[Fechheimer, Goodkind & Company and Guggenheimer & Steinhardt filed their bill, on behalf of themselves and other creditors, against E. G. Shannon & Company, and alleged, in brief, as follows: They are creditors of E. G. Shannon & Company, holding notes given by the defendants in settlement of accounts for merchandise amounting to $2,792.32, principal. The goods were purchased by the defendants while engaged in mercantile business at Rome, Georgia, “buying and selling.goods, and in which said *87business said defendant, has continued since the debts were contracted.” They…