Van Vleet-Ellis Corp. v. Higginbotham

Appellant began this suit in the Clay Circuit Court against J. N. Higginbotham, alleging that it was a corporation engaged in the wholesale drug business, and that it is the successor of Hessig-Ellis Drug Company, by reason of a merger and consolidation of Van Vleet-Mansfield Drug Company with Hessig-Ellis Drug Company; that the appellee, J. N. Higginbotham, and his son, Jewell N. Higginbotham, on March 16, 1927, up to and including April 6,19'28, were operating Higginbotham Drug .Store at Bernie, Missouri. It was alleged that Higginbotham and his son were partners, and operating the business…