Kebart v. Arkin
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; J. Whitaker Thompson, Judge. Action by Jacob S. Kebart against Herman M. Arkin. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.
In the court below, Jacob S. Ke-bart, a citizen of New York, brought an action at law against Herman M. Arkin, a citizen of Pennsylvania, to recover $10,000 damages for the alleged wrongful termination of a written contract of copartnership between them. On the trial it appeared the firm was insolvent, and that the partnership had only ten days to run, when its assets were sold on an execution on a judgment obtained in the state court, for money due the defendant by the firm. After the plaintiff’s proofs disclosing the above facts were made, the court below granted a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Addams v. TuttonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1861
3Cited by1 opinion
- Boyle v. SmithDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1949