J. Groetzinger & Co. v. Wyman

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*5803 *576— Early in January, 1894, Thomas A. Mansfield, who had been engaged in the wholesale leather and saddlery business .at Des Moines for several years, discovered, upon taking an inventory, that his assets amounted to eighty-six thousand, seven hundred and ninety-nine dollars and twenty-five cents, and his liabilities to eight-four thousand and thirty-seven dollars and sixteen cents, leaving the small margin of two thousand, seven hundred and sixty-two. dollars and ninety cents in his favor. Thereupon he exhibited .a statement of his financial condition to William Mooney, of Mooney & Sons,…