Barsotti
Auditorium Co. v. Barsotti
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Richards, J.
This action was commenced by the plaintiff against the defendants, who were alleged to be partners doing business under the firm name and style of the “Western Metropolitan Grand Opera Co.,” to recover the aggregate sum of $9,739.86 upon three separate counts, the first and second being upon accounts stated for the sums of $2,490.34 and $4,949.52, respectively, and the third count being for money had and received in the sum of two thousand three hundred dollars. The defendant D’Avigneau defaulted, and the action as to him was later dismissed. The defendants Barsotti and Patrizi answered separately, each denying that Barsotti was at any time a member of the alleged copartnership, but each alleging that the defendants Patrizi and D’Avigneau constituted its only members. The only issue presented upon this appeal is as to whether the defendant Barsotti was in fact a partner of his codefendants. The trial court found that he was not and rendered judgment accordingly in his favor. The plaintiff and appellant herein urges that the evidence is insufficient to support the findings and judgment of the court in this regard.
'A review of the record in the case convinces us that the evidence…