Shepard v. Shepard

Graves, J:

It appears from the case, that Alpheus F., William S. and George Shepard are sons of William Shepard; that Catherine L. is his wife, and that complainant is his nephew; that prior to and until some time after November 20, 1871, William Shepard and his son George Shepard and Jacob L. Button carried on business at Shepardsville, in Clinton county, as partners under the style of “W. & G. Shepard & Co.;” that the firm became indebted to complainant for money borrowed in something like two thousand two hundred dollars, and he insisted on payment or security; ' that the firm thereupon,…