Graves & Co. v. Alden

A chancery proceeding in which a decree was rendered for plaintiffs, and defendants appealed.

In April, 1860, N. L. Alden and one Isaac Blanchard formed a limited partnership in the boot and shoe business in the city of Dubuque, under the name of N. L. Alden, the general and business partner. Afterwards, stock to the amount of four or five thousand dollars, was purchased of Isaac Alden, of Stoughton, Mass., for which notes were given by N. L. Alden. This amount was reduced by payments to $3,051.92, when the notes were assigned to Bradford Blanchard. In September, 1861, the said Blanchard went…