Lee v. Wilkins
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Washington. Tried below before the Hon. J. B. McFarland. From the foregoing statement and the opinion of the court the case will be readily understood.
1Opinion of the Court
Stayton, Associate Justice.
are many questions presented in this case, which, in view of one controlling question in the case, it is not deemed necessary to consider. It appears that, in 1860, the firm of Wilkins Bros., which was composed of W. G. and James A. Wilkins, became indebted to Emerson, Brewster & Co., soon after *297which the firm of Wilkins Bros, was dissolved. The appellant Lee became the owner of the claim which Emerson, Brewster & Co. held against them. Prior to August, 1872, W. G. and J. B. Wilkins entered into a co-partnership, and were carrying on a mercantile business in…
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