P. E. Payne Hardware Co. v. International Harvester Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Pike county. Hon. D. M. Miller, Judge. Suit by the International Harvester Company against the P. E. Payne Hardware Company in which Joe Barnes as receiver of the hardware company intervened, from a judgment for plaintiff, defendant and intervenor appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
'CbOK, P. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The Payne Hardware Company was engaged in the mercantile business in the town of Tylertown, and P. E. Payne was the manager of the business. This- company handled, as local agent of the International Harvester Company, gasoline engines and a line of agricultural implements. In December, 1912, P. E. Payne, the president and active manager of the business, abandoned the business and left for parts unknown. Ou December 21, 1912, the Harvester Company sued out a writ of replevin, and it was levied on the engines, machinery, and implements in the…
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