Becker & Tenenbaum v. Eagle Restaurant Co.

Opinion by

Judge HUME.

Defendants, Eagle Restaurant Company, Inc. (Eagle) and David C. Dowell, appeal the judgment entered against them in favor of plaintiffs, Becker & Tenenbaum, J. Samuel Tenenbaum, Tenenbaum & Senderowitz, and Stephen J. Senderowitz. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Defendant Dowell and his partner were the sole shareholders in Eagle through which they owned and operated a restaurant. The partner had incurred a substantial debt to plaintiffs as a result of defending criminal proceedings in another state. To pay this debt, the partner assigned to plaintiffs promissory…