Gusdorff v. Schleisner
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from an order of Circuit Court No. 2, of Baltimore City (Phelps, J.), sustaining a demurrer to the bill of complaint and dissolving an injunction previously issued. The allegations of the bill were substantially that Messrs.
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Appeal from an order of Circuit Court No. 2, of Baltimore City (Phelps, J.), sustaining a demurrer to the bill of complaint and dissolving an injunction previously issued. The allegations of the bill were substantially that Messrs. Gusdorff and Schleisner, appellant and appellee, respectively, entered into a contract of partnership to conduct the clothing business for three years from July 1st, 1896; that Schleisner agreed to give his personal attention to the business, Gusdorff being unable to do so, on account of being engaged in another business at the same time ; that each party agreed to…
1Opinion of the CourtRoberts, J.
The facts out of which this controversy arises, are substantially, that on the 6th of February, 1896, Lewis A. Gusdorff, the appellant, and Solomon Schleisner, the appellee, agreed in writing under seal, to become partners in the general merchandising business for the term of three years, commencing on the first of July, 1896, and ending on the 30th day of June, 1899; that by the terms of said agreement the respective sums which each partner was to con-. *372tribute to the partnership capital, was expressly stipulated as well as the times when said sums were to be paid; that by the fourth…
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