Blakeman v. Busby

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, J. :

This was a proceeding brought by Birdseye Blakeman to establish a claim against the estate of Angelí Matthewson & Go. Before the insolvency and assignment of that partnership, which occurred in June, 1893, it had offices in Parsons, Kan., and in the city of New York, and William M. Taylor, a member of the firm, was in charge of the New York office. The firm owned a hotel in Parsons on which there was a mortgage liability, and an instalment of the debt became due on March 1, 1892. Not being in funds with which to meet the maturing…