Alexander v. . Harkins
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil aotiost, begun before a Justice of the Peace, against J. L. Murray and P. L. Lance, and carried by appeal to the Superior Court of BuNcoMbe county. Pending the action, J. L. Murray died, and the defendants, Harkins and Rankin, his executors, were made parties. The matters involved were referred and the case was heard, on exceptions, to the report of the referee, before Bryan, J., at December Term, 1896. Judgment was rendered for the plaintiff and defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
FüRches, J.:
The defendant, Lance, and J. L. Murray, the intestate of the defendants, Harkins and Rankin, w ere partners, doing a merchantile business in the city of Ashe-ville. In the month of March, 1888, this partnership was dissolved and the defendant, Lance, purchased the stock of goods and the unexpired term of Keller in the store house and premises of the plaintiff, and on the first of April, 1888, moved into that house, and continued the business of merchant.
Soon after the first of April the goods that had belonged to the firm of Lance & Murray were also moved into the store house of…
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