Lord v. Smith

The litigation in this case grows out of a dispute between the parties as to which is the proprietor of a certain brokerage business carried -on in Baltimore City for a number of years past under the trade name and style of Charles W. Lord & Co.

The appellant, who was the complainant below, claims that the business was established by him in 1895, and has ever since been conducted by him as the sole proprietor, with the appellee (the defendant below) as his trusted and confidential clerk. While, on the other hand, the appellee contends that the business was established in 1895 by him, and that…