Hurst Boillin Co. v. Jones

'Mr. Justice McKinney

delivered the opinion of the Court.

These causes were consolidated for hearing and involve the same questions.

The respective complainants are wholesale merchants, and, in their bills, seek decrees for goods sold and delivered to the defendants subsequent to October 1, 1917.

The defendants are S. S. Jones and P. S. Thompson, who formed a partnership in May, 1917, for the purpose of conducting a retail mercantile business under the name of ¡3, Jones & Co.

From the formation of the partnership nntil March, 1918, S. S. Jones & Co., was a regular customer of complainants, and…