Legal Opinion

Greenwood v. Sheldon

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided November 28, 1883PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal by plaintiff from an order of the district court for Goodhue county, McCluer, J., presiding, sustaining a demurrer to the complaint.

1Opinion of the CourtGileillan, C. J.

The defendants and one Hoard entered into articles of copartnership to prosecute a designated business for the term of 30 years. The articles contain a great many covenants on the part of the other partners to and' in favor of Clum, and among them a covenant that when the business of the copartnership should reach a specified degree of profitableness, and the partnership should have acquired an amount of property sufficient for certain specified purposes, Clum should receive from the partnership the sum of $2,000 per year until the sum of $20,000 should be reached, of which $1,000 from each…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Parker v. JefferyOregon Supreme Court · 1894
  2. Wright v. TerrySupreme Court of Florida · 1887
  3. Thomas Manufacturing Co. v. PratherSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1898
  4. Sayward v. Dexter, Horton & Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1896
  5. Ridder v. BlethenWashington Supreme Court · 1946

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