Stoddard v. Courtright

For some time prior to 1887, Edward C. Hargrave and his father, Edward J. Hargrave, owned mill property at Bay City, and were engaged in the business of manufacturing lumber and salt. The business was carried on in the name of E. J. Hargrave & Son. The father died in 1887. It is the claim of defendant that, after the death of Edward J. Hargrave, Elizabeth W. Hargrave, the widow of E. J. Hargrave, and Edward C. Hargrave, continued the business together under the old firm name of E. J. Hargrave & Son, until the firm failed in January, 1896. In the fall of 1895 Mrs,» Hargrave went to England;…