R. S. Barbee & Co. v. Bevins, Hopkins & Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clarke

Reversing.

In September, 1913, R. S. Barbee & Co., then engage'd in the general mercantile business in Williamson, W. Va., sold their business to Bevins, Hopkins & Co., a firm composed of J. B. Bevins, Harrison Bevins and Ester Hopkins, each of whom signed as principals notes given to Barbee & Co. in part payment for the mercantile business. Before delivery of the notes each of them was endorsed by Ella Bevins, wife of J. B. Bevins, and Minnie Hopkins, wife of Ester Hopkins, at their homes in Pike county, Kentucky, and turned over to J. B. Bevins, who carried…