Gregory v. Menefee
Citations
- 83 Mo. 413
Syllabus
<p>1. Surviving Partner: no compensation roe services. A surviving partner is not entitled to compensation for Ms services in administering upon the partnership estate.</p> <p>2, -: NOT CHARGEABLE WITH INTEREST, when. A surviving partner should not be charged with interest on the assets of the partnership in Ms hands while winding up the business of the firm, where it does not appear that there was unnecessary delay in closing up the estate, nor that the money of the partnership was used by the surviving partner in his business nor that he made profit out of it.</p>
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting that “RSA 480:3-a does not entitle the [wife] to occupy the . . . premises and preclude [a judgment creditor of her husband] from seeking partition, at which time the homestead right may be accommodated”
- “The survivorship right is certainly the distinguishing feature of a joint tenancy.”
- discussing the court’s equitable powers
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Judges: Norton
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