Elmore v. McConaghy
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, E. P. Whiting, judge pro tempore, entered December 15, 1914, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, in an action on contract, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The plaintiff, A. S. Elmore, and the defendant, Hugh McConaghy, formed a copartnership as coal dealers in the year 1909. On June 30, 1913, they dissolved partnership by agreement, McConaghy buying out Elmore’s interest for $2,600, paying $600 in cash, and giving twenty promissory notes for $100 each, dated August 22, 1913, bearing six per cent interest until paid, the notes maturing monthly in a series running from one to twenty months after date. After seven of these monthly notes had been paid, McConaghy refused to make further payments until a readjustment of their prior settlement should…
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