Cole v. F. Mayer Boot & Shoe Co.

This -is a suit in attachment by the trustee in bankruptcy to recover the amount credited by defendant to the account of the consignee for goods and merchandise consisting of a shipment of shoes which were returned by consignee to the defendant.

The facts shown are that the bankrupt George H. Doherty had carried on a general merchandise business at Stanberry in Gentry county, Missouri, under the trade name of Doherty & Doherty. The evidence is not clear whether the business was done under the said trade name, or whether there had previously been a copartnership and that, upon its dissolution,…