Smith v. Boyer

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Coti-iran.

The two cases are identical in the facts, with the exception of the amounts of the claims of the creditors Smith and Dent; that of the former being $241.19, and of the latter $123.22. They were tried together in the County Court, and the appeals were argued together in this Court.

The defendant Boyer operated a meat market in the city of Columbia, and, at the time in question, had on hand a small amount of butcher’s meat and certain adjuncts of the business, consisting of refrigerator, counter, cooler, sausage mill, scales, desks,…