Gracey v. Maddin

OPINION

LEWIS, Judge.

Defendants have appealed from the Chancellor’s granting of plaintiff's motion for summary judgment and entering judgment prohibiting defendants’ use of a former law partner’s name “in any form or fashion.”

The material facts, which are undisputed, are as follows:

Hugh C. Gracey, Sr. was a widely respected lawyer who practiced law in various partnerships for more than thirty-five years in Davidson County, Tennessee.

On 23 April 1974, Mr. Gracey entered into a general partnership Agreement with John K. Maddin, Robert H. Cowan, Richard D. Bird, Michael Miller, and Don R.…