Texas Ice & Cold Storage Co. v. McGoldrick

E. H. McGoldrick built up a retail ice business in the city of Dallas, and in December, 1918, sold out to the Texas Ice & Cold Storage Company, operating an ice plant in that city. The sale was evidenced by a written bill of sale, by which McGoldrick conveyed to the corporation six ice wagons, nine mules, five sets of double harness, one set of single harness and all his ice tools and equipment, “together with five ice routes and good will of said business.” It was stipulated in the instrument that—

“This bill of sale is made in conjunction with an employment contract with said Texas Ice &…