Frear v. Lewis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Frank B. Frear, from an interlocutory judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 8th day of May, 1913, upon the decision of the court after a trial at the Kings County Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Thomas, J.:
In 1890 Frear, plaintiff, then about twenty-eight years of age, and somewhat experienced in the business of insurance, became an equal partner of the defendant Lewis, then some eighteen years of age, by purchasing a half interest in the business of Lewis’ father. The gross premiums at that time were about $17,000 for the year. In 1901 second articles of copartnership were executed by the parties, and the gross premiums, at that time $221,010.12, increased until, for the year 1908, they were $309,362.25. In 1901, and the following years, there were divided sums advancing from…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Karrick v. HannamanSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
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