Herren v. Harris, Cortner & Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Morgan County ; R. C. Bricliell, Judge. Bill by J. Miller Óerren against Harris, Cortner & Co. and others. Decree sustaining demurrer to the bill, and complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMayfield, J.
The bill seeks an accounting, It is filed by the assignee of a certain contract by which one L. R. Winn, in 1910, acquired a one-fifth interest in the business of appellee, or of a firm of its name. The business was that of cotton merchants, buying and selling cotton. Winn was to receive one-fifth of the net profits of the business, and was to work for the firm at a salary of $100 per month. Winn was also to bear his share of the losses, if any — -that is, one-fifth thereof. The contract ^ was to extend from 1910 to 1915, with the privilege of renewal for five years more. The contract…
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- Espy v. ComerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
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