Horton, Gilmore, McWilliams & Co v. Bloedorn

Maxwell, Ch. J.

Oh tlie 14th day of May, 1888, Daniel J. Maher and Martin Maher were engaged as a copartnership, under the firm name of D. J. Maher & Co., in the business of retail dealers in general hardware at Platte Center, Nebraska, and were indebted to the plaintiffs, Horton, Gilmore, McWilliams & Co., in the sum of $1,201.11. At about 2 o’clock P. M. on that day one Van Brunt, as the agent of the plaintiffs, applied to the defendants at their place of business in Platte Center for the payment or security of plaintiffs’ claim. Martin Maher, one of the members of the firm, was absent from…