Crider v. Providence Coal Mining Company

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Willis —

Reversing.

A. F. Crider has prosecuted an appeal from a personal judgment ag’ainst him in favor of the Providence Coal Mining Company, for an admitted debt of the Paris Coal Company. The question presented is whether A. F. Crider was a partner in the firm known as the Paris Coal Company.

Prior to July 7, 1926, W. S. Paris was engaged in the retail coal business in the city of Marion, Ky., under the assumed name of Paris Coal Company. On that date, W. S. Paris and wife conveyed to A. F. Crider, of Shreveport, La., for a consideration of $1,500 cash, an…