Williams v. Burrus

Facts of Case

This is an appeal from a judgment of the trial court holding that a contract relating to the operation of a restaurant and cocktail lounge is illegal and refusing to enforce it.

The plaintiff, Paul J. Williams, sued the defendants, Richard Burrus and wife, for dissolution of a partnership between Williams and Burrus and for an accounting and distribution to Williams of his claimed share of the partnership assets.

Williams and Burrus had entered into a written agreement on March 22, 1974, to purchase the Skagit Inn Restaurant in Mount Vernon. The restaurant, later known as the Maple…