No Docket Number March 20, 1909 C. H. Finn, Hawley, Puckett Hawley, and Frank Estabrook, for George Stoddard. L. F. Clinton, Neal Kinyon, Griffiths Griffiths, and Rice, Thompson Buckner, for objecting creditors. DIETRICH, District Judge 1. PARTNERSHIP (§ 241*) — RETIRING PARTNER-LIABILITY FOR FIRM DEBTS — ES-TOPPEL. The principle underlying the responsibility of a partner, who retire? without publishing proper notice, to subsequent creditors of the firm, is that of estoppel, Implying that the partner