Legal Opinion

Kwapil v. Bell Tower Co.

Washington Supreme Court

Decided November 9, 1909No. 8017PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Morris, J., entered October 28, 1908, in favor of the plaintiff, upon dismissing defendant’s cross-complaint, in an action for the appointment of a receiver for a corporation, and for an accounting.

1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, C. J.

In the early part of the year 1903 the plaintiff and the individual defendants, Bell, Tower and Kerr, formed a copartnership for the purpose of conducting a general brokerage and commission business in the city of Seattle. The ’three defendants named contributed $2,500 each towards the capital of the firm, against which the plaintiff agreed to contribute his time and services. The plaintiff claims that he was to receive one-fourth of the profits of the firm business and his living expenses, while the other members of the firm claim that he was to receive one-fourth of the profits and a fixed…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Finnegan v. NoerenbergSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Kosman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1927
  2. Pollock v. RalstonWashington Supreme Court · 1940
  3. Stipcich v. MarinovichWashington Supreme Court · 1942
  4. First Title & Securities Co. of Bloomington v. United States Gypsum Co., of ChicagoSupreme Court of Iowa · 1930
  5. Potter v. ScheffskyWashington Supreme Court · 1926

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