Carter v. McClure

The bill in this cause was filed by complainants, as creditors of McClure, Lucas & Co., seeking to hold the defendants liable for the debts of that concern, upon the theory that it was a commercial firm, of which defendants were members, at the time of the creation of these debts. The facts, so far as they are important in the decision of this case, and as they have been found by the Court of Chancery Appeals, are, that these defendants, with others who are not sued, all members of an Alliance lodge in the town of Huntland, in this State, entered into an agreement among themselves to raise a…