Love v. Blair

— Appellants sought and recovered a decree foreclosing a chattel mortgage, executed by the Limited Liability Coal Company.

It appears from the complaint that the company was not a corporation, but an association of persons doing business under that name. It is not directly averred in the complaint, that the members of the association were partners, but, from the facts stated, this would be the fair inference. Where men associate themselves together and conduct a general business under a common name, and do not incorporate the association under the laws of the State,.they may be deemed…