Legal Opinion

Evans v. Clapp

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided September 27, 1877PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Bill in equity, filed December 1, 1873, by Robert D. Evans and Levi Ladd against Charles M. Clapp for the settlement of the affairs of a partnership. Hearing upon the pleadings, a master’s report and exceptions thereto, before JEndieott, J., who reserved the case for the consideration of the full court The facts appear in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtEndicott, J.

The facts and questions presented upon this record are numerous and complicated, and may be more readily understood by reducing them to order and indicating those we consider material and important to the decision.

The parties to this bill were partners dealing in rubber goods, having in their store a stock of goods of their own, and also goods consigned to them for sale by the National Rubber Company. The partnership was dissolved by articles of dissolution on October 1,1872. The defendant was to continue the business with its good will, and the articles provided, among other things, that he…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Wood v. HumphreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
  2. Blakely v. GrahamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
  3. Scott v. PerleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
  4. Wood v. WillisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Reed v. Washington Fire & Marine InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
  2. Brocklehurst & Potter Co. v. MarschMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
  3. Carolina-Virginia Fashion Exhibitors, Inc. v. GunterSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1976
  4. Waterhouse v. LevineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
  5. Fox v. Employers' Fire InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1953

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