Rutherford v. Miner

SHUGHART, P.J.,

Plaintiff filed a complaint in assumpsit and trespass on June 7, 1976, in the above action, alleging breach of a partnership agreement and fraud. In response, defendant petitioned for a stay of the proceedings pending final outcome of an accounting action brought by plaintiff and docketed at no. 17 June term 1974. On June 14, 1976, Honorable G. Thomas Gates, specially presiding, issued a rule upon plaintiff to show cause why the action should not be stayed. Meanwhile, the proceedings were stayed pending resolution of defendant’s petition. Although plaintiff responded to the…