Clapp v. Adams

Plaintiff is claiming that the two notes sued upon, signed by E. D. and Annie J. Adams and E. D. Adams and M. E. Johnston, represent debts of the firm of Clapp & Adams, and that he should have a lien to the amount thereof upon the partnership assets prior and superior to the lien created by a chattel mortgage, made by E. D. Adams, a member of the firm, to A. N. Hemingway upon the said Adams’ interest in the personal property of the firm. The facts as found by the referee which are not challenged and must be accepted as correct upon this appeal, are as follows: Plaintiff was the owner of a…