Burr v. Greenland

LANGDON, Chief Justice.

Appellees, Roy Greenland and wife, Betty Jo Greenland, brought suit in the District Court of Hidalgo County against Clarence W. Burr, based on an alleged oral partnership agreement. In the suit ap-pellees sought to establish not only the ex istence of a “partnership”, but also to enforce an alleged parol agreement to terminate the partnership based upon an offer, allegedly made by Burr, to withdraw from the partnership if he (Burr) could get back what he had invested in the partnership. In the alternative, appellees prayed that an accounting be had between the parties;…