Leary v. Lyons Lumber Co.

W. P. Leary, trustee of the bankrupt estate of the Monroe Lumber Company, brings this suit against the S. E. Lyons Lumber Company, Inc., to recover the sum of $1309.28 for four cars of lumber shipped to defendant by the Monroe Lumber Company previous to the date on which said Monroe Lumber Company was adjudged a bankrupt.

The defendant admitted, in answer, that it had received the lumber, but alleged *347that it was not indebted therefor for the reason that the proceeds of the lumber had been credited by it on a certain promissory note given it by W. A. Brown,' one of the members of the…