Smith v. Varel Manufacturing Company

Varel Manufacturing Company filed a complaint against N. F. Smith and Edith A. Smith on an open account, a promissory note, and for the value of certain goods consigned by plaintiff to defendants. It was alleged, among other things, that defendants were husband and wife and that either they operated the Jack Smith Tool Company as co-partners or N. F. Smith operated the said business and had without consideration while insolvent transferred certain assets of the business to Edith A. Smith and beyond the reach of creditors. Concurrently, plaintiff secured the issuance of a writ of attachment…