Lawrence v. Hull
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court March 10, 1896, under Pub. Sts. c. 76, §§ 6, 7, by the administrator of the estate of Andrew Lawrence, against William H. Hull, George B. Darrow, and Charles P. Dyer, “copartners doing business under the name of Lawrence, Wilde, and Company,” to enjoin them from using in their business the name of the plaintiff’s intestate, for damages, and for an account of the profits obtained from such use of his name.
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court March 10, 1896, under Pub. Sts. c. 76, §§ 6, 7, by the administrator of the estate of Andrew Lawrence, against William H. Hull, George B. Darrow, and Charles P. Dyer, “copartners doing business under the name of Lawrence, Wilde, and Company,” to enjoin them from using in their business the name of the plaintiff’s intestate, for damages, and for an account of the profits obtained from such use of his name. Hearing before Dunbar, J., who reserved the case for the consideration of this court; such decree to be entered as justice might require. The…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
This is a bill in equity brought by the administrator of Andrew Lawrence, under Pub. Sts. c. 76, §§ 6, 7, to enjoin the defendants from using the name of Lawrence in their partnership name, which at present is Lawrence, Wilde, and Company. The defendants rely on two written instruments executed by Lawrence as constituting a consent in writing which satisfies the statute. The most important of them was executed by Lawrence to his three remaining partners on the date of his retiring from the firm of Lawrence, Wilde, and Company as then constituted. By it he sold to them, “ at this date…
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