Moore v. Rawson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in EQUITY filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on March 14, 1872, by a former partner of the firm of D. G. Rawson and Company, engaged in manufacturing boots and shoes in Worcester and selling them at a store on Pearl Street in Boston, who on December 20, 1871, had been forced out of the firm by his copartners under a dissolution of the partnership in accordance with a provision of the articles of copartnership, for an accounting.
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Bill in EQUITY filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on March 14, 1872, by a former partner of the firm of D. G. Rawson and Company, engaged in manufacturing boots and shoes in Worcester and selling them at a store on Pearl Street in Boston, who on December 20, 1871, had been forced out of the firm by his copartners under a dissolution of the partnership in accordance with a provision of the articles of copartnership, for an accounting. A summary of the history of this case, which was begun more than thirty-six years ago, will be found in the opinion of Braley, J., at pages 268, 273, 274 and…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
The fundamental fact that the defendants are bound to account to the plaintiff for the good will of the partnership business was established when this case was formerly before this court. Moore v. Rawson, 185 Mass. 264. It was said that “the attitude of the defendants, up to the time of the payment of the money into court, was evidently that of a general denial of any right of the plaintiff to an accounting.” It was held that the plaintiff’s demand of his share in the assets of the firm, taken in connection with the other facts and circumstances of the case, was enough to entitle him to be…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Hoxie v. ChaneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
- Old Corner Book Store v. UphamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Moore v. RawsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
- Foss v. RobyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Robinson v. SimmonsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
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- Murray v. BatemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
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