File v. Bsharah

Woods, Judge:

This is a suit in equity by the administrator of the estate of Mike Courey Cassis, deceased, against Andrew Bsharah, Albert Shaley and Daib George, as surviving partners, trading as Beekley Department Store, for the purpose of recovering a one-fourth share in a certain alleged leasehold estate and other relief.

On July 22, 1916, Smith Merchandise Company, a retail store in Beckley, entered into a written contract with said defendants, wholesalers, operating in Charleston under the firm name of Shaley, George & Bsharah, whereby it sold said partners all of its stock and fixtures,…