Legal Opinion

McDuffie v. Hooper

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided July 3, 1975No. SC 1259PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SHORES, Justice.

William F. Hooper, William S. Mc-Duffie, and Edward L. Pryce were, at all times material hereto, members of the faculty of the School of Architecture at Tuskegee Institute. On or about November 15, 1971, these three entered into an arrangement whereby they agreed to go into business together as a consulting firm. No written agreement was ever drawn up. The testimony was that the three decided to get in the business of consulting and agreed to split any profits from the business equally among them.

Shortly after the parties decided to go into business, a brochure was printed by…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Saunders v. McDonoughSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
  2. Anderson v. BlairSupreme Court of Alabama · 1918
  3. Bonded Builders Supply Company v. LongSupreme Court of Alabama · 1972
  4. Wilson v. Southside Shopping Center, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1967

3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Assured Inv'rs Life Ins. Co. v. Nat. U. Assoc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1978
  2. Continental Eagle Corp. v. MokrzyckiSupreme Court of Alabama · 1992
  3. Hosea O. Weaver & Sons, Inc. v. TownerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1995
  4. Bischoff v. ThomassonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1981
  5. Alfa Mutual General Ins. Co. v. OglesbySupreme Court of Alabama · 1997

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