Divine v. Mitchum

Judge Bkecic

delivoicd the opinion of tlio Court.

William Oldham and John Mitchum, in 1833, made a joint purchase of a lot, in the town of Versailles, with a s{eam ancj cotton factory thereon, and engaged as partners, under the firm and style of Oldham & Mitch-um, in the manufacture of flour and' meal and cotton yarns. Mitchum, for large advancements alledged to have been made, for and on account of the partnership, and in the purchase of the property, claims a prior lien upon it, over the mortgagees and attaching creditors of Oldham, .for his individual liabilities. 'The validity of the claim…