| John Bouvier - Anglo-Norman dialect - 1843 - 752 pages
...beyond the mere value of the capital, stocks, funds, or property employed therein, in consequenceof the general public patronage and encouragement, which...circumstances or necessities, or even from ancient GLE GOV partialities, or prejudices. Story, Partn. ยง 99 ; see 17 Ves. 336 ; 1 Hoffm. R. 68; 16 Am.... | |
| Joseph Story - Partnership - 1846 - 796 pages
...This good -will may be properly enough described to be the advantage or benefit, which is acquired by an establishment, beyond the mere value of the capital,...necessities, or even from ancient partialities, or prejudices.2 Thus, an inn, a nursery of trees and shrubs, a favorite fashionable stand, or a newspaper... | |
| Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1892 - 830 pages
...is a fair one. He describes "good-will" as being โ "The advantage or benefit which is acquired by an establishment beyond the mere value of the capital,...or even from ancient partialities or prejudices." See, also, Carey v. Gunnison (Iowa), 17 NW Rep. at page 885. As showing the later view entertained... | |
| Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Philadelphia County) - 1853 - 612 pages
...: " Good-will may be properly enough described to be the advantage or benefit, which is acquired by an establishment, beyond the mere value of the capital,...reputation for skill or affluence, or punctuality, or from accidental circumstances, or necessities, or even from ancient partialities or prejudices. Thus, an... | |
| Nathan Howard (Jr.) - Civil procedure - 1860 - 620 pages
...place." Judge STORY describes it as " the advantage or benefit which is acquired by an Howe agt. Searing. establishment beyond the mere value of the capital,...therein, in consequence of the general public patronage which it receives from constant or habitual customers, on account of its local position, or common... | |
| United States. Court of Claims - Law reports, digests, etc - 1929 - 762 pages
...independently. Mr. Justice Story defined good will to be ' the advantage or benefit, which is acquired by an establishment, beyond the mere value of the capital,...punctuality, or from other accidental circumstances or necessity, or even from ancient partialities or prejudices.' Story Part. Sec. 99." It is apparent from... | |
| Law - 1884 - 550 pages
...for its clearness and vast comprehension: 'Good-will is the advantage or benefit which is acquired by an establishment, beyond the mere value of the capital, stock, funds, or other property employed therein, in consequence of the general public patronage and encouragement which... | |
| Cornelius Walford - Insurance - 1878 - 660 pages
...GOODWILL. โ The advantage or benefit which is acquired by a bus. beyond the mere value of the cap. stock, funds, or property employed therein ; in consequence...which it receives from constant or habitual customers. It is considered a subject of sale along with the stock and premises. โ Wharton's law Lex. In the... | |
| California - Civil law - 1872 - 728 pages
...advantage or benefit which is acquired by an establishment beyond the mere value of the capital, stocks, funds, or property employed therein, in consequence...position, or common celebrity, or reputation for skill, affluence, or punctuality, or from other accidental circumstances or necessities, or even from ancient... | |
| Ohio. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1881 - 802 pages
...estimation of a court of equity." Judge Story defines it as " an advantage or benefit which is acquired by an establishment, beyond the mere value of the capital,...customers, on account of its local position, or common o-eiebrity, or reputation for skill or affluence, or punctuality, or from other accidental circumstances... | |
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