Scruggs v. Burruss

JoimsoN, President :

On July 22, 1878, KateMcK. Burruss and John B. Pitzor, as composing the firm of Burruss & Co., executed to A. E. T. Scruggs, trustee, a deed for all the choses inaction of said firm and all the personal property of the firm desci’ibed as “ goods, wares and merchandise, * * in the storehouse occupied by said Burruss & Co., situated in the town of Alderson, in Monroe county, West Virginia, &c,” in trust to secure the following debts due from said Burruss & Co : Among the debts due and so provided for, was one to Elbert Witz & Co. for $195.00, also one to James Carey & Co.…