Farhat v. Rassey

Plaintiff filed a bill for the dissolution of a partnership and for an accounting. The case was submitted on the proofs in December, 1939, and on January 18, 1940, at about 9 o’clock in the morning, the trial court filed a written opinion in which he found that plaintiff was entitled to $3,933.33 as his share of the assets of the copartnership which totalled $11,297.68. On the same morning, the attorney for defendants called plaintiff’s attorney and suggested that defendants would pay .$1,400 to settle the case if an agreement could be effected that day. Plaintiff’s attorney went to Flint,…