M. P. Brothers Company v. Kirkpatrick

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Dietzman

Reversing.

On February 1, 1923, the appellant, M. P. Brothers Company, then styled the W. A. Chambers Company, through its president, M. P. Brothers, and secretary, C. "W. Read, sold a wholesale grocery business' it was con-. ducting in Russellville, Kentucky, to the appellees, A. D. Kirkpatrick, PI. L. Kirkpatrick and J. H. Scarborough. The negotiations leading up to the formal contract of sale began early in the morning of February first and were not concluded until almost midnight, when Read drew up the contract which all the parties signed.

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