McPherson v. Black

WILSON Justice.

Appellee-plaintiff alleged that appellant was lessee of certain premises in Houston; that appellant and appellee entered into a partnership for operation of the premises as a cafe-lounge, with appellee in control of management, and that the lease was assigned to the latter; that the premises were afterwards sub-let to another defendant; that appellant collected rents for which an accounting and judgment was asked. It was further averred that appellant thereafter sought to repudiate appellee’s interest in the business and claim it entirely as her own; that to forestall…