Slifer v. State ex rel. Syfers

On the 19th day of December, 1884, Sidney L. Walker and Ward Walker, composing the firm of Walker Brothers, were engaged in the grocery business in the city of Greenfield, in this State, and, being indebted to Rufus K. Syfers and Frank A. McBride, partners constituting the firm of Syfers, McBride & Co., in the sum of $787.35, on that day executed to the said Syfers, McBride & Co. their promissory note for that sum, together with a chattel mortgage on their stock of groceries to secure its payment..

On the 23d day of December, 1884, Walker Brothers also executed to A. B. Gates & Co. their…