Goodson v. Goodson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Macon Circuit Court. — Hon. Andrew Ellison, Judge. (1) The common law right of the surviving partner to wind up the business of a partnership is still in force in Missouri.
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Appeal from Macon Circuit Court. — Hon. Andrew Ellison, Judge. (1) The common law right of the surviving partner to wind up the business of a partnership is still in force in Missouri. The surviving partner is not compelled to take letters of administration upon the partnership estate to wind it up, neither is the administrator of the individual estate compelled to take letters of administration upon the partnership estate, but may permit the surviving partner without .bond to wind up the business of ,the partnership as at common law and as in this case without prejudice to the rights of the…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
This was a bill filed in the circuit court of Macon county by plaintiff as administratrix of John Goodson, Jr., against defendants as executors of John E. Goodson, Sr., for an accounting and settlement of the partnership alleged to have existed between said John E. Goodson, Sr., and John E. Goodson, Jr., in the publication of a newspaper called The Messenger of Peace.
The petition, leaving off the formal parts, is as follows:
“Plaintiff for cause of action states that John E. Goodson, Jr., and John E. Goodson, Sr., on or about the-day of November, 1878, formed a copartnership for the purpose of…
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