Harris v. Visscher

Bleckley, Judge.

D. W. & J. G. Visscher were copartners under that name and style when they acquired title to the land now in controversy, and so continued until after they contracted the debt sought to be collected. The deed conveying the land to them was taken in the copartnership name, and the title stood thus when the debt was contracted. The creditor gave credit to the firm upon the faith of this property. The copartnership business included, among other things, the cultivation and use of this land as a farm or plantation. A part of the debt was contracted in 1871, and a part in 1873.…