Williams v. McKissack
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Henry. Tried before the Hon-. W-. L. Parks, Special Judge. ' • This was an action of trover, brought by the appellee, R. L. McKissack, against the appellant, L. D. Williams, to recover damages for the wrongful conversion of a stock of goods. The material facts of the case "are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Henry. Tried before the Hon-. W-. L. Parks, Special Judge. ' • This was an action of trover, brought by the appellee, R. L. McKissack, against the appellant, L. D. Williams, to recover damages for the wrongful conversion of a stock of goods. The material facts of the case "are sufficiently stated in the opinion. Upon the introduction of one B. G. Farmer as a witness, he testified that he knew R. L. McKissack, and that during the summer of 1892, when S. J. McKissack was off buying goods for the fall trade, the said R, L. McKissack was in charge of the business…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
Voorhees, Miller & Co. sued out an attachment against one S. J. McKissack, which was levied in December, 1892, upon certain personal property and sold by the sheriff. R. L. McKissack, the appellee, sued the sheriff in trover for the conversion of the property. There was evidence that prior and up to April, 1892, the plaintiff and S. J. McKissack, who weré brothers, did business as partners under the firm nanae of R. L. McKissack & Co., and there was evidence to the effect that on that day the firm was dissolved, S. J. McKissack buying out the interest of-R. L. McKissack, and continuing the…
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