Wood v. Wood

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn,

June 30, 1933:

For many years Walter Wood, who is appellant, and his brother Stuart Wood, who died March 2, 1914, were partners. Their business was to act as “financial and selling agents for the Camden Iron Works and the Florence Iron Works......[corporations then]......engaged in the manufacture of iron pipe and like material and of machinery.” The firm held shares of stock and bonds of those corporations. It was a partnership at will (Wood v. Todd, 251 Fed. 530) and therefore was dissolved March 2, 1914, by the death of a partner. As survivor, Walter Wood was…