In re Smith

ROSE, District Judge.

James II. Smith was a merchant of Cecil county. He there kept a general store. He will be spoken of as the bankrupt. The Baltimore Pulverizing Company is a corporation, and will be referred to as the Company. The Company has its offices in Baltimore.

Before March 1, 1911, the bankrupt and the Company never had any business relations. The bankrupt knew that the Company was a manufacturer of fertilizers; that its fertilizers were sold in Cecil county, and were there popular. It does not appear that the company had ever heard of the bankrupt. On March 1, 1911, being in…