Beginning in 1920, the petitioner, Brown, a lawyer, and one Burroughs, a lawyer, members of the law firm of Burroughs, Brown & Kerfott, represented Southern Electro-Chemical Company, the plaintiff in a patent infringement suit. On July 2, 1923, Brown and Burroughs as successors to that law firm, entered into a partnership agreement. That agreement provided that the death of either partner should not affect a dissolution of the firm until a period of six months thereafter...
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