Werner v. Mitchell

"This suit was brought by. appellee against the appellants H. E.. Werner and J. H. Mitchell to establish and recover an alleged partnership interest of one-third in a business enterprise conducted in the city of Houston under the firm name and style of Werner-Mitchell Machine Works, and for an accounting and the recovery of one-third of the profits of said business, alleged. to have been converted by the defendants.

Plaintiff’s petition alleges, in substance: Tliat in July, 1911, lie and the defendant Werner, who is plaintiff’s brother-in-law, entered into an agreement to establish a machine…