Gargan v Ruttle

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judgment Date: 21 January 1931
• Date: 21 January 1931
• Court: High Court (Irish Free State)

I.F.S.]

Gargan

and

Ruttle

Action to determine partners' rights - Matters referred to arbitration -Arbitrator awarding goodwill, stock in trade, and other assets to one partner - Sum of money awarded to other partner - Meaning of "goodwill"- Partner not retaining goodwill and assets canvassing old customers - Injunction.

A dispute having arisen between the plaintiff and defendant as to whether a partnership existed between them, the plaintiff brought an action to have the matter determined. Subsequently the parties agreed to refer the matter to arbitration, and the arbitrator...