Coomes Bros. v. Grigsby & Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Hobson

Reversing.

The firm of Coomes Brothers made an assignment on November 10, 1910, to W. T. Spalding for the benefit of their creditors. The firm was composed of three brothers —Bowman, William and Floyd Coomes, the latter being an infant. At the time of the assignment, the firm owed Grigsby and Company a debt of about $500 which was unsecured. Grigsby and Company brought this action against the Coomes Brothers, their mother, Annie E. Coomes, and the assignee, W. T. Spalding, charging in their petition that the firm owned two mules worth '$325 and ten…