Schramm

The facts that would appear to be pertinent to a decision of the several questions that are presented herein are as follows: Two individuals, Munson and Hewes (as a copartnership), were the owners of a store which they had leased to Schramm (petitioner herein), who used the greater portion thereof for the purpose of conducting a grocery therein. The remainder of the store room was subleased by Schramm to one Kuhn, who conducted therein a vegetable store. For some months one Blair had been indebted to Schramm in the sum of about $23 for groceries which the former had purchased from the latter. Similarly, Blair owed Kuhn $3.50 for vegetables. It also appears that some of the vegetable stands in Kuhn’s store were either somewhat out of repair, or that to replace old stands new ones were desired. Blair was more or less out of employment, and, at least partly in order to discharge or to make payment on account of his several financial obligations, as well as on the part of Schramm individually, and Munson and Hewes as a copartnership, to satisfy Kuhn as a tenant, an arrangement was made among the several parties by which Munson and Hewes agreed to furnish the necessary materials for…