Joseph B. Doherty, Sr. v. Doherty Insurance Agency, Inc.

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• contract for permanent employment was enforceable because employee could have died or employer could have discontinued its business within one year
• where parties agree what substantive law applies, federal court sitting in diversity jurisdiction should comply
• contract to supply benefits for a partner’s lifetime is valid under statute of frauds
• \A corporation succeeding a partnership is liable on the contracts or obligations of the latter where it either assumes them under express agreement or where the facts and circumstances are such as to show an assumption.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).