Johnston v. Ballard

GAINES, Associate Justice.

The amended petition in this case shows that it is a suit by Mrs. Emma W. Ballard and her two minor children, as the widow and heirs of B. M. Ballard, deceased, to recover of appellant the purchase price of the decedent’s interest in the partnership of Ballard & Johnston, a firm composed of deceased and appellant. It was alleged that the firm had been dissolved, and that upon dissolution the defendant had purchased Ballard’s interest and had agreed to pay him therefor whatever the partnership books disclosed that interest to be worth. It was also alleged that no part…