Beneux v. Brown Shoe Company

H. A. Beneux, a merchant of Mulberry, Arkansas, died on September 30,1927, leaving his widow, Mrs. Lillian Beneux, and R. J. Beneux, Kobel Beneux and F. L. Beneux, his only heirs at law. He owned a stock of merchandise and some other property in and around Mulberry. After his death there was what the parties call a family ag'reement; that is, the three sons and widow, with several of the larger creditors, agreed that the business should be continued, and an effort made to pay the indebtedness. This was acquiesced in by the smaller creditors.

No administrator was appointed at the time, and the…