Riley

This is an action for the dissolution of a partnership and for an accounting of its affairs. Plaintiffs, at the times herein mentioned, were copartners doing business in the state of Ohio under the firm name of Armacost, Riley & Company. Defendant was engaged in business at the city of Redlands, in this state, where he maintained an office. Some time prior to July 1, 1917, plaintiffs and defendant formed a partnership for the growing, packing, and marketing of cantaloupes during the 1917 season. The cantaloupes were to be grown in the Imperial Valley. It was for the purpose of securing a dissolution of their partnership and an accounting of its affairs that the action was brought. The appeal is by the plaintiffs, who claim that the judgment awards them a smaller sum than is due them.

The trial court found that the partnership for the growing, packing, and marketing of the cantaloupes was entered into by plaintiffs on the one side, and as one of the parties thereto, and 'by defendant on the other side, and as the other party thereto; that under their agreement plaintiffs, as one party, were equal partners with defendant, as the other party; that the profits and losses were to be…