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JACKSON v. HUNT, HILL & BETTS

7 N.Y.2d 180 (1959)

Robert M. Jackson, Appellant, v. Hunt, Hill & Betts et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 30, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Whitman Knapp, Robert McLeod Jackson, Herbert P. Polk and David Simon for appellant.

William R. Meagher, Barry H. Garfinkel and Elizabeth Head for respondents.

Chief Judge CONWAY and Judges FULD and FROESSEL concur with Judge VAN VOORHIS; Judges DESMOND, DYE and BURKE dissent and vote to affirm.

VAN VOORHIS, J.

On December 31, 1954 there were 13 partners in the New York City law firm of Hunt, Hill and Betts. Two estates of deceased partners were likewise interested in the firm. Thirteen seems to have been an unsatisfactory number, for three of the partners — A. V. Cherbonnier, Mahlon Dickerson and Robert McLeod Jackson (plaintiff herein) — withdrew from the firm as of that date. Agreements...

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