Holt v. Tennent-Stribling Shoe Co.

Appellant carried on at Quincy, Ill., in his own name alone, an agency for the collection of past-due claims in all parts of the United States and Canada. Appellee, doing business in St. Louis, Mo., had a claim for §250 against one Jacob Sloop, who had been a merchant at Queen City, Schuyler Co., Mo., but had somewhat suddenly sold out and gone to Idaho. On March 22, 1893, George Schulthéis, its traveling salesman and one of its stockholders, who resided at Quincy, and for some years had known appellant and of his business, placed this claim in his hands for collection and took a receipt to…