Horton v. Horton

An appeal from a decree dismissing a bill of complaint for want of substance.

The appellant was plaintiff in the lower court and his brother was the principal defendant. The term “defendant,” when used in this opinion, means plaintiff’s brother, notwithstanding that M. E. .Horton, Inc., is also a defendant in the ease. The plaintiff in his bill of complaint alleged, among other things, that in the year 1918, when both parties were engaged in the grocery business, the defendant induced plaintiff to give up his separate business and to accept employment by the defendant; that defendant assured…