Legal Opinion
Hinshaw v. Wright
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided January 21, 1992No. 9021SC1304PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WYNN, Judge.
Plaintiff and defendants formed a law firm on 1 May 1983 and drew up an agreement which governed various aspects of the partnership. One of the responsibilities plaintiff assumed was the maintenance of life insurance policies for firm members.
On 31 August 1986, plaintiff withdrew from the firm and entered into a second agreement with the remaining partners. This 1986 agreement contained a merger clause and provided that defendants would pay plaintiff a lump sum of $10,000, and payments of $511.67 per month until they paid a total of $40,700 for his interest in the firm. Paragraph…
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