Brown v. Cooper

There are only two questions necessary to be determined in this case.

1. Whether the claim of Wm. Davidson, as secured in the trust deed, is valid, and to be paid.

The claim is described as a debt of about $4,000, due to Wm. Davidson by the firm of Armstrong & Davidson, who were makers of the deed. The proof shows that about 1853, Davidson, who was a manufacturer of linens, in Ireland, formed a partnership in *154Shelbyville, Tenn.; with Robert and John Armstrong and James Morgan, under the style of Armstrong & Co., to carry on the wholesale of Irish linen, principally furnished by Davidson, who…