Legal Opinion
Boyle v. Smith
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 2, 1949No. 662PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Chief Judge.
The parties to this appeal are brother and sister. The brothér, appellee here, sued his sister for wrongful conversion of partnership funds. He charged that despite the fact that he owned with her a one-half partnership interest in a beauty parlor business, she sold the business for $5500 without his authority or knowledge arid failed to pay him his half interest amounting' to' $2750. The defendant filed an answer in which she asserted only one defense: that she was the sole owner of the business and that her brother never was in partnership with her or owned any interest…
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