Webster v. Webster
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity to restrain the defendant from soliciting trade from former customers of John A. Webster and Company, an expired partnership which had consisted of the defendant and three of the plaintiffs, and praying also for an account, filed December 21, 1900. The partnership agreement was as follows: “ Articles of copartnership made and concluded this 1st day of April, 1898, by and between John A. Webster of Boston, Herbert E. Webster of Lowell, Frank E. Baker of Lowell,…
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Bill in equity to restrain the defendant from soliciting trade from former customers of John A. Webster and Company, an expired partnership which had consisted of the defendant and three of the plaintiffs, and praying also for an account, filed December 21, 1900. The partnership agreement was as follows: “ Articles of copartnership made and concluded this 1st day of April, 1898, by and between John A. Webster of Boston, Herbert E. Webster of Lowell, Frank E. Baker of Lowell, and Lewis O. Stoker of Saugus. Said parties have agreed to associate together for the purpose of carrying on the…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
The decision of this case depends on the construction to be put upon the sale that was made under that part of the articles of copartnership which provides for a conveyance of the partnership property by the defendant to the plaintiffs on the termination of the partnership by its own limitation. It is contended by the plaintiffs that the defendant has sold to them the good will of the firm and that a solicitation of trade by him from former customers of the firm is an unlawful interference with their rights of property. '
The decisions in different jurisdictions touching the rights of the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hoxie v. ChaneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
- Williams v. FarrandMichigan Supreme Court · 1891
- Dwight v. HamiltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
- Cottrell v. Babcock Printing Press Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1886
- Munsey v. ButterfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
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