Hinman v. Mason

This suit was instituted to settle the affairs of a copartnership. In the year 1914, E. Bernard Hinman and Walter N. Mason entered into a copartnership under the firm name and style of Parksley Auto Company, for the purpose of buying and selling automobiles, conducting a garage, and of dealing in automobile supplies and accessories.

The copartnership was not a successful business venture. On the 3d of February, 1916, the concern was hopelessly insolvent. Its chief creditor was the Parksley National Bank, of Parksley, Virginia. To this institution it was indebted to the extent of over forty-one…