Reed v. Williams

Birdsong, Judge.

Robert Freeman Russell for several years prior to the lawsuit here involved was the joint owner and operator of a scrap iron business together with his son, Joseph Russell. Freeman Russell was an admitted alcoholic the latter years of his life and throughout the time of the joint business venture with his son. Freeman Russell on numerous occasions was admitted to private and state hospitals for detoxification and mental therapy. At one point, Freeman purchased his son’s interest in the business but at a subsequent divorce between Freeman and his last wife, the wife settled the…