Hembree v. Blackburn & Peckham

Blackburn and Peckham were partners in the business of merchandising at Carlton, in Yamhill County, Oregon. In the course of their business they became indebted to a number of merchants in Portland in the aggregate amount of about §7,941.22, to secure which sum of money to I. R. Dawson, to whom such claims had been assigned, A. Blackburn, as one member of said firm, and in behalf of the firm, executed to said Dawson a note, and also a mortgage to secure the same on all of the firm’s property. Said firm was also indebted to the plaintiffs and others, who caused the firm’s property to be…