Nakamura

In this action the plaintiff sought a dissolution of the partnership between himself and the defendant, and an accounting. The copartnership had been conducted under the name M-K Fisheries Company. After a hearing the court rendered an interlocutory judgment which provided: “1. That the partnership heretofore existing between the plaintiff and defendant, under the name of M-K Fisheries Company, be and the same is hereby dissolved. 2. That the plaintiff is entitled to an accounting, and an accounting is hereby ordered, showing the accounts of each of the parties hereto in the said partnership. 3. That the interests of the partners, amounting to $100,000.00 in the Mexican Industrial Development Company, be sold and that all just debts and demands against said copartnership be paid and the balance, if any, be divided among the copartners in the following way: Four-fifths (4/5) to the defendant, Masaharu Kondo, and one-fifth (1/5) thereof to the plaintiff Shiro Nakamura.”

The matter of accounting was then referred to a referee who in due time rendered a report. To this the defendant filed objections, and the court approved the report except as to. an item of $500, and subsequently…