Cude v. Couch

588 S.W.2d 554 (1979)

Betty Rose CUDE, Administratrix of the Estate of Jessie Robert Cude, Deceased, Petitioner,

v.

Nathan COUCH, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

October 22, 1979.

Lloyd S. Adams, Jr., Adams, Ryal & McLeary, Humboldt, for petitioner.

Dwight Hawks, Humboldt, for respondent.

OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

This case presents the single question of whether, in purchasing certain assets of a partnership upon its liquidation, Nathan Couch breached the duty that he owed to his partner, J.R. Cude. We conclude, as did both courts below, that he did not.

The partnership in question was formed by…