Freeman
Freeman v. Sullivan
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Plummer, J.
Action by the plaintiff for an accounting and to charge defendant with one-half of .losses incurred. The defendant had judgment, and the plaintiff appeals.
The complaint filed herein sets forth two alleged causes of action, one based upon an allegation that the plaintiff and defendant formed a partnership and conducted a partnership for the purpose of buying and selling beans. The second cause of action sets forth that the plaintiff and defendant engaged in a joint adventure, the purpose of which was to buy and sell beans. The second cause of action set forth in the complaint was dismissed upon the trial. The answer of the defendant denies the partnership.
The transcript shows that the plaintiff and defendant, in the year 1917, entered into an oral agreement for the purpose of buying and selling beans. The plaintiff was to furnish the money; the defendant was to buy and sell the beans. The profits, if any, were to be divided. The testimony of the plaintiff was to the effect that the losses and gains were to be shared equally. The testimony of the defendant was to the effect that the plaintiff advanced all money; he, the defendant, was to do the buying and sell ing; that the…