Tunis Lumber Co. v. R. G. Dennis Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of tlie Circuit Court of Nansemond county, rendered November 9, 1898, in an- action of 'trespass on the case wherein the plaintiff in error was the plaintiff, and the defendants in error, who were doing business under the name of B. G. Dennis Lumber Company, were the defendants
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
In the latter part of the year 1894 the plaintiff in error and one Henry Servoss entered into an agreement by which the former leased to the latter a saw-mill plant and other property used therewith. On the 1st of December following, Servoss assigned one-half of his interest in the lease to H. E. Briggs, and they formed a co-partnership under the firm name and style of the Chowan Lumber Company. This firm operated the leased property until some time in the year 1896, when they failed in business, and their assets were taken possession of and sold under the decrees of the Superior Court of…
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