Fowler v. Franklin

B. M. Magness was an original member of the firm of Magness Brothers, engaged in the general mercantile business at Western Grove. He had two children, a son, T. B., who had been admitted to membership in the Magness Brothers firm, and a daughter, Edna, who married S. L. Fowler. He wished to start his daughter and her husband in business, and to that end he sent his son and son-in-law to Jasper, where a store building and a stock of goods were purchased, and a partnership was formed, composed of T. R. Magness, owning one-third, L. E. Fowler, owning a third interest, and Edna and her husband…