McDonald v. Hurst, Purnell & Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Essex county, rendered September 20., 1888, in a cause wherein Hurst, Purnell & Company were complainants, and (the appellants) J. T. McDonald and S. B. McDonald were defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtFauntleroy, J.
The facts, as presented by the record, are, that J. T. McDonald, a resident of Essex county, Virginia, was engaged *886in mercantile business solely in bis own name, and he became, in the course of that business, indebted to the appellees, Hurst, Purnell & Co.; and, in settlement of his said antecedent indebtedness, he made and signed, on or about the 24th of April, 1884, his promissory note or notes for the amount so found to be owing, payable to Hurst, Purnell & Co., which said note Mrs. S. B. McDonald also signed at the request of her husband, J. T. McDonald, and of the appellees, the said…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Carpenter v. GarrettSupreme Court of Virginia · 1880