Romel v. Alexander

The appellant was the defendant in the lower court. The complaint was based upon an agreement and contract of sale in writing. The complaint was, in substance, as follows: That on the 5th *258day of December, 1893, plaintiff and defendant entered into a certain contract, by the terms of which the copartnership previously existing between them under the firm name and style of Alexander & Company and The Clear Lake Ice Company, was dissolved, and the property owned by said partnership was divided between them; that, by the terms of said contract, the defendant, Charles Romel, in consideration of…