Barcus v. Parlin-Orendorf Implement Co.

During the year 1912, and for several years prior thereto, the Warren Hardware Company, a firm composed of M. W. Warren, C. W. Warren, and Marvin Cross, were engaged in the hardware business at Hereford, Tex., and about January 14, 1913, C. W. Warren, acting for his firm, entered into a written contract with J. I. Walker, acting for the firm of Walker Perkins, of which he was a member, for the sale of the stock of hardware to Walker Perkins. A part of the consideration for the sale was that Walker Perkins would execute and deliver to Warren their note for $4,000, payable 90 days after date,…