Boyer v. Soules

Plaintiff’s claim is that about the 1st. of July, 1886, David E. Hollenbeck and wife were engaged in. the mercantile business in Eaton county, under the name of D. E. Hollenbeck & Co. This firm sold out its *33entire stock of goods to William M. Crane. The defendant, Soules, assisted Crane in making the purchase by loaning him money to the amount of $8,000, taking Crane’s note therefor, and a chattel mortgage on the entire stock of goods as security for the amount. At the time of the sale of the goods to Crane, the firm of D. E. Hollenbeck & Co. was indebted to Allan Shelden & Co., of Detroit,…