Haynes, Neel & Co. v. Carter & Upton

This action is upon an account for merchandise sold by the plaintiffs, Avho are -wholesale merchants in the city of Louisville, Ky., to the defendants, who were retail merchants in the town of Paris, Tenn. 'is sought to charge ~W. L. Carter, Sr., as a member of the firm of Carter & Upton, for goods sold in March and May, 1870, after he had retired from 1 he firm, and had been succeeded by his son, W. L. Tarter, Jr., to whom the father had transferred his interest, and who, with the defendant Upton, continued the business under the same style of Carter & Upton.

W. L. Carter, Sr., and defendant…