In re Rice

WITHEY, District Judge.

E. & G. Rice were co-partners in trade up to August, 1873, when Edwin Rice sold out to George, the bankrupt, the latter agreeing in writing to pay all the firm debts. George subsequently added to the stock of goods by purchase, and continued in trade .till November, 1873, when he was adjudicated a bankrupt. His estate, in the hands of the assignee, consists now of the proceeds of goods formerly owned by the firm and of those purchased by George Rice since the dissolution of the co-partnership. The creditors of E. & G. Rice and of George Rice have respectively proved…