Legal Opinion
Barlow v. Cornwell
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 20, 1956No. 1810PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Associate Judge.
Appellee, a former partner of Jack Frost Company, was sued on an indebtedness incurred by the firm prior to his retirement.' The trial court held that the creditor was estopped to assert his claim against ap-pellee. The creditor has appealed.
It was adduced at trial that in February 1954, the partnership was encountering financial difficulties,- which were viewed by appellee as being sufficiently critical to warrant dissolution of the firm. His copart-ner, Frost, on the other hand, was optimistic and believed that the firm could survive, This divergence of opinion…
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