Ordon v. Johnson

Plaintiff brought this suit in equity for the purpose of obtaining a decree of specific performance of a claimed oral contract. The bill of complaint averred that in June, 1954, plaintiff and defendant became copartners and as such conducted a civil engineering business under an assumed name, that in February, 1955, negotiations were had for the purchase of plaintiff’s interest by defendant, and that a tentative verbal agreement was made for such purchase for the sum of $22,500, payable in part on the execution of a written agreement covering the transaction and the balance to be evidenced by…