M. E. Hall Co. v. Gale

The defendants Bernard L. Gale and James P. McKeever were formerly engaged in the leather business, as copartners, under the name of Gale Manufacturing Company, and on April 23, 1923, the firm owed the plaintiff a balance on account of S3,037.69. The partnership was dissolved in March, 1923, and McKeever retired from the firm.

Thereafter, he entered into negotiations with Gale for the purchase of the firm assets, which were to be transferred to a corporation to be organized by McKeever and called the Blue Ribbon Cut Sole Company. At a later date the plaintiff, in consideration of the transfer…