Davenport v. Collins

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. ChiEE Justice Beease.

It is with great regret I find myself unable to agree with the proposed opinion of Mr. Justice Cothran; likewise, I am disappointed that I cannot approve the two decrees of Hon. T. S. Sease, Circuit Judge, appealed from herein. I submit the following as my idea of what the opinion of the Court should be in this case.

John D. Collins was long a wealthy and successful merchant at Spartanburg. His chief enterprise was a department store located on east Main Street, known as the Bee Hive. He had several branch stores, at Union,…