Legal Opinion
Holloway v. Faw, Casson & Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided April 18, 1990No. 44, September Term, 1989PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RODOWSKY, Judge.
This is an action for money damages brought by a firm of accountants against a former partner based on breaches of provisions in the written partnership agreement governing voluntary withdrawal. The controversy focuses on the withdrawing partner’s promise to pay to the firm, in the event a client of the firm engages the services of the former partner in that person’s new practice of public accountancy, an amount equal to the firm’s billings to that client for the twelve months preceding that engagement. The former partner principally contends that the provision is an illegal…
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