Epperson v. Epperson

By JUDGE WILLIAM H. LEDBETTER, JR.

This case, a suit for dissolution of a partnership pursuant to Virginia Code § 50-32, is before the court on the defendant’s motion to dismiss and plea of collateral estoppel.

In her suit, Mrs. Epperson alleges that a business known as "Epperson’s Used Auto Parts" is a partnership *40in which she and her husband own partnership interests. The partnership agreement is allegedly a verbal agreement which continued until October - November, 1985, when, as a result of marital conflicts, Mr. Epperson removed Mrs. Epperson from the business. That action, Mrs. Epperson…