The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305967304
Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 16, Problem 4BCP
Summary Introduction
Case summary:Person KP offered to person CS to join her interior design business. At the time of offer person KP and person CS were in a relationship. CS engaged in every field of business-like marketing and designing. CS was working without salary, he was only reimbursed for the expenses of credit card. He expressly left the profits because he wanted to develop business. KP fired CS after they broke up. CS objected that they were partners.
To find: Person CS is entitled to 50 percent of the profits.
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