News-Register Co. v. Rockingham Publishing Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Rockingham county. Decree for the complainant. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtKelly, J.
The decision of this appeal turns upon the effect of a partnership agreement between two Virginia corporations.
*142On and before May 31, 1913, the Mews-Register Company was publishing in the town of Harrisonburg a newspaper called the Daily News, and the Rockingham Publishing Company was publishing at the same place another newspaper called the Daily Record. The two corporations, on the last-named date, entered into a contract which provided, among other things, that the publication of both the above-mentioned newspapers should cease after June 4, 1913, and that both corporations, while retaining…
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