Lutz v. Miller

Hatcher, Judge:

In the fall of 1919, D. E. Lutz, J. Z. Miller, and R. M. Kit-tle formed a partnership to manufacture and sell lumber, on Beaver Creek, Randolph County, "West Virginia. In 1920 a lease of the Hart Coal Mine, which was near the lumber operation, was executed to these three parties as lessees. The lumber operation was conducted until the fall of 1921. The coal mine was operated until the fall of 1923. Pending these operations Miller individually conducted a store at which the employees of the operations ran accounts. In Dec. 1923, Miller having become ill, Lutz had a receiver…