ADKINS v. HASH


56 S.E.2d 60 (1949)

190 Va. 86

ADKINS et al. v. HASH et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

November 21, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel A. Martin, W. B. Snidow, Pearisburg, for the plaintiffs in error.

Oppie L. Hedrick, Beckley, W. Va., J. Livingstone Dillow, Narrows, for defendants in error.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and EGGLESTON, BUCHANAN, STAPLES and MILLER, JJ.


HUDGINS, Chief Justice.

The only question presented by this record is, whether two non-residents, who for several years, had conducted a business as a partnership in Pearisburg, Virginia, can escape liability for a debt contracted by the manager of the business by merely proving that at the time the debt was contracted, the partners had obtained a corporate charter in West Virginia to conduct the same business in Virginia.

There is no substantial conflict...

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