Brown

-Defendants, in separate appearance, appeal from judgment in favor of plaintiff, decreeing a dissolution of partnership and ordering an accounting and appointing a receiver to wind up the affairs of an alleged copartnership. A brief summary of the pleadings and the facts, as the case is before this court, will be necessary at the outset.

Plaintiff alleged in his complaint that at a time, fixed therein as December 20, 1923, he was the owner of a certain interest in the furniture and equipment of an apartment house known as and called Lotus Apartments in Oakland, together with a leasehold interest and estate in and to the said premises; that on said date plaintiff sold and conveyed to defendant Dorothy Schroeder all of his title and interest in and to said furniture and the lease for a valuable consideration, which plaintiff received in full. That at the same time and as a part of the same transaction the said Dorothy Schroeder executed and delivered to plaintiff a bill of sale, transferring to said plaintiff a one-half interest in the said furniture, furnishings, and leasehold interest. That as a further part of said transaction and on the same date plaintiff Harry Brown and…