Duncan v. Bruce

In an action between alleged partners of a luncheonette and restaurant, the complaint contains two causes of action. The first is to recover damages in the sum of $5,000 representing the plaintiff’s share of the business, including good will, trade and value of merchandise and fixtures destroyed and converted by the defendant, together with an additional $5,000 for damages for loss of profits, it being asserted that the defendant maliciously wrecked, tore, broke and ripped apart the walls, furniture and other fixtures of the partnership business, and carried away and converted the same to his…