W. L. Lyons & Co. v. McGuire

Opinion op the Court by

Morris, Commissioner—

Reversing.

The parties involved in the litigation in the lower court were appellant, a partnership engaged in the commission brokerage business, with a branch office in Lexington, and one Stanfill, defendants below and appellee,, plaintiff below. The latter and Stanfill were residents of Estill county. Appellant had no officer or agent residing in Estill county.

About six years prior to the transaction which was-in litigation, the husband of appellee died leaving her 145 shares of Supervised Shares, Incorporated, a Delaware Corporation. At the time of…