Robards v. Waterman

This case was tried before the court without a jury. The findings of fact are as follows:

1. Plaintiff and one David B. Swart were partners in trade, and owners, as such, of a stock of groceries, including the property mentioned in the writ of replevin issued in this cause; the plaintiff being a married woman, and *234her husband acting as her authorized agent in relation to the business.

2. On the 17th day of August, 1885, the said firm was indebted, for goods purchased, to two firms, and to secure said indebtedness the plaintiff, in the name of the firm, had delivered to said creditors two…