Sylvester v. Carpenter Paper Co.

Ragan, C.

In January, 1892, Isaac Sylvester, of Ornaba, Nebraska, owned a printing outfit on which Marder, Luse & Co., of Chicago, held a chattel mortgage to secure a debt owing to them by Sylvester. At said time there existed in Omaha a corporation known as the Carpenter Paper Company. January 16, in said year, Sylvester, the Carpenter Paper Company, and Harder, Luse & Co. signed an agreement in writing, in words and figures as follows: “This memorandum of mutual agreement, made between Isaac Sylvester, of Omaha, Douglas county, Nebraska, and Marder, Luse & Co., an incorporation, of Chicago,…