Mack v. Wurmser
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. John W. Henry, Judge. (1) The decree is not supported by any evidence and is against the evidence. Plaintiff’s evidence repeated and reiterated was that he had purchased a one eighth partnership'; that he had bought one eighth of the real estate and all the assets. Defendant’s evidence is t-hat plaintiff had for this $5,000 purchased one eighth of the profits and this $4,000 guaranty.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. John W. Henry, Judge. (1) The decree is not supported by any evidence and is against the evidence. Plaintiff’s evidence repeated and reiterated was that he had purchased a one eighth partnership'; that he had bought one eighth of the real estate and all the assets. Defendant’s evidence is t-hat plaintiff had for this $5,000 purchased one eighth of the profits and this $4,000 guaranty. The competent evidence all substantiated the claim of the defendant. The court by this decree overthrew all this and made a contract for the parties that neither of them…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
The original petition in this case was a suit to dissolve a partnership between plaintiff and defendant in an extensive furniture stock and business in Kansas City, Missouri, and prayed for an accounting and the appointment of a receiver. The partnership was denied by the defendant in his answer.
The claim that there was a partnership and the right of recovery in this action grows out of the following instrument:
‘‘Kansas City, Mo., January 10, 1888.
“It is hereby agreed between the undersigned that in consideration of Julius S. Mack contributing $5,000 to the firm of A. C. Wurmser & Co. he is…
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