Legal Opinion

Williams v. Williams

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 19, 1921No. 6 Div. 414PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; Hugh A. Locke, Judge. Bill by Frank Williams against Mattie Williams for a receiver, to wind up a partnership, and for* an accounting. From a decree overruling demurrers to the bill, respondent appeals.

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Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; Hugh A. Locke, Judge. Bill by Frank Williams against Mattie Williams for a receiver, to wind up a partnership, and for* an accounting. From a decree overruling demurrers to the bill, respondent appeals. "The bill avers the formation of an equal partnership between complainant and respondent under the firm name and style of “The Madam Clisby Company,” equal sharing in the profits and losses, for the purpose of marketing, preparing, and selling a drug, toilet preparation, or solution for the operation of a hair dressing parlor or emporium; that said…

1Opinion of the CourtMcClellan, J.

[1-4] Bill to dissolve a partnership, .for an accounting of partnership affairs, division of partnership assets, and the appointment of a receiver to take charge of the affairs of the partnership, filed by the appellee against the appellant. The respondent’s demurrer to the bill being overruled, this appeal results. According to the authority of Glover v. Hembree, 82 Ala. 324, 8 South. 251, Causler v. Wharton, 62 Ala. 358, Tutwiler v. Dugger, 127 Ala. 191, 28 South. 677, and Russell v. Hayden, 201 Ala. 517, 78 South. 871, the bill is not subject to the demurrer. Since the partnership was…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Glover v. HembreeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1886
  2. Causler v. WhartonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1878
  3. Tutwiler v. DuggerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1899
  4. Russell v. HaydenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1918

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Heller v. BerlinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
  2. Ard v. AbeleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
  3. Young v. DeanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1950
  4. Turner v. RaineySupreme Court of Alabama · 1956

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