Heyman v. Hanauer

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Frazer,

On April 3, 1925, defendant sold and assigned to Joseph Steinman his entire interest in a business owned and conducted by him under the name of Hamburger Distillery, Ltd., together with from 25,000 to 30,000 cases of whiskey then in storage. By separate writing bearing the same date, Steinman agreed to liquidate the business and return to defendant one half the net proceeds received and retain the other half in payment for his services. Later, defendant desired to be relieved from the contract, and, with assistance of plaintiff, Steinman was induced to accept a…