Greek-American Produce Co. v. Pappas
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Birmingham. City Court. Heard before Hon. Charles W. Ferguson. Assumpsit by George Pappas against the Greek-American Produce Company and the individuals composing the firm. Judgment for plaintiff and defendants appeal. , The first count sufficiently appears from the opinion.
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Appeal from Birmingham. City Court. Heard before Hon. Charles W. Ferguson. Assumpsit by George Pappas against the Greek-American Produce Company and the individuals composing the firm. Judgment for plaintiff and defendants appeal. , The first count sufficiently appears from the opinion. The amended second count is as follows: “Plaintiff claims of defendants the further sum of $5,000 as damages for that on, to wit, the 1st day of August, 1908, the defendants contracted and agreed with plaintiff to sell to him a half interest in the business of the Riverside Cafe, a business then and there…
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, P. J. —
The first count of the complaint as it was amended averred that the defendants employed the plaintiff to manage and operate a restaurant known as the Riverside Cafe at a stipulated compensation per month, and further agreed to convey to the plaintiff an undivided one-half interest in the property and business of said restaurant upon the plaintiffs paying or securing to be paid a stated indebtedness due to the defendants from a third party, it being stipulated that the plaintiff should have the right to pay such indebtedness out of the monthly profits of said business as managed…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Handley, Reeves & Co. v. Lawley & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- Barney Coal Co. v. DavisAlabama Court of Appeals · 1911
- Ullman v. MyrickSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- National Bank of the Republic v. DickinsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894