Stewart v. Ulrich

Citations

• 117 Wash. 109
• 201 P. 16
• 1921 Wash. LEXIS 1044

Syllabus

<p>Partnership (28) — Liability Between Partners — Acquiring Adverse Interest — Fraud. • The fact that one partner in a firm operating a billiard-room had a secret agreement with the lessor of the premises to enter into partnership with him to go into the same business on termination of the lease, does not render him liable to his copartners in damages, where it is not shown that the acts were wrongful or fraudulent or to prevent a renewal of the lease, notwithstanding the assets of the partnership were sold to the lessor without knowledge of the facts.</p>