Ream v. Callahan

L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment in the defendant’s favor upon a motion under Rule 12(c), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. following section 723c, for judgment on the pleadings; it involves only the validity of the complaint which was in substance as follows. On February 1, 1919, the plaintiff’s testator and the defendant, who were practicing dentists, entered into a contract (later amended by another contract on January, 1, 1922), ir* pursuance of which they “became associated” in practice. From October 1, 1921, to October, 1924, the defendant received one…