BARLOW v. CORNWELL

No. 1810.

125 A.2d 63 (1956)

Joseph W. BARLOW, Appellant, v. D. Page CORNWELL, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided August 20, 1956.

Rehearing Denied September 6, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Lee Sweeny, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Ward H. Oehmann, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before ROVER, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.


HOOD, Associate Judge.

Appellee, a former partner of Jack Frost Company, was sued on an indebtedness incurred by the firm prior to his retirement. The trial court held that the creditor was estopped to assert his claim against appellee. The creditor has appealed.

It was adduced at trial that in February 1954, the partnership was encountering financial difficulties, which were viewed by appellee as being sufficiently critical to warrant dissolution of the firm...

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