Armstrong & Co. v. Henderson & Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of tlie Corporation Court of the city of Danville, rendered on the 19th day of April, 1900, in an action of assumpsit, wherein the plaintiffs in error were the plaintiffs, and the defendants in error were the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtPhlegar, J.
In the year 1899 the plaintiffs, living in Hew York city, and the defendants, living in Danville, Va., undertook, as promoters, *235to form a combine or trust, of tbe tobacco warehouses, at Danville, and agreed in writing upon a basis for the division of expenses and profits. One of the things which they deemed necessary to the success of their plans was the retirement of a. note executed by Lea, Watkins & Co. for five thousand dollars, which was to fall due at the Citizens Bank of Danville July 1, 1899. A few days before the maturity of the note, the plaintiffs, the defendants, and one E. E.…
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