Peters
De Groot v. Peters
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Britt, J.
Plaintiff alleged in his complaint in this action that himself and defendant are partners under the name of the Buffalo Woolen Company, constituted such by an agreement in *407 writing, engaged, it seems, in the business of merchant tailors; and upon information and belief he charged that defendant committed divers specified acts of misconduct in the course of said business; wherefore he prayed a dissolution and an. accounting. Defendant answered, denying any partnership with plaintiff, and exhibiting a contract in writing between them, by the terms whereof (as the court below seems to have interpreted it, and we think correctl}r) the plaintiff was employed by defendant as a salesman upon a salary in said business, with a right to one-fourth of the net profits, if any, but was not made a partner with defendant. At the time of filing such answer defendant filed also a sworn cross^coniplaint, in which he "■ averred, among other things, that the written contract exhibited in his answer is the same agreement mentioned in plaintiff’s complaint; that plaintiff was in his employ as a salesman, and that after the commencement of this action plaintiff neglected his duties in that capacity…