Appel Mercantile Co. v. Kirtland

This is an action in equity brought in the district court for Lancaster county against Edwin S. Kirtland and the Bank of Orleans, defendants, by the Appel Mercantile Company, a corporation, growing out of an alleged fraudulent disposition of a stock of goods and other property owned by Charles W. Pierson and Orilla Pierson to the defendant bank and Edwin S. Kirtland.

In 1905, the Piersons, who were husband and wife, residents of Orleans, Nebraska, filed their certificate of partnership according to law in Harlan county and commenced the business of the Orleans Watch Company, which comprised a…