103 Neb. 506 | Neb. | 1919
This is an action for an accounting. Plaintiff and defendant were partners in a meat market from February 3, 1913, to September 4, 1913, when the partnership was, dissolved; plaintiff on that date having sold
A partnership account book is in- evidence, over defendant’s objection of incompetency, because it “requires explanation.” He complains that “no man on earth could figure up any true account between the plaintiff and the defendant from that book.” It must be admitted that the book, which consists of about 200 pages of accounts, is not a model of its kind, but, when considered in connection with the evidence of-the parties, it serves to shed light on the partnership business. The entries for the most part, if not all, were apparently made by plaintiff while the partnership was in operatioii, and the book was always accessible to defendant, who had active charge of the sales and of the shop generally. The court did not err in overruling defendant’s objection.
A slaughterhouse was bought, and defendant argues that plaintiff used $186.80 of the firm’s money for its purchase and construction. He says plaintiff received $36 as rental for its use hy a tenant, and finally sold the property for $125. Referring to these items, that total $347.80-, defendant says in his brief: “No mention is made on the firm books of the slaughterhouse transaction, yet it is clear that the firm should be credited with $347.80, an amount which was not considered by his Honor, Judge Grimes, in deciding the case.” It is obvious that plaintiff should not be required to account for the partnership funds expended for the slaughterhouse pn. oerty, and also for the proceeds received from the rental and sale of such property. At most $93.40 is defendant’s due, and he is so credited here.
The decree takes into account plaintiff’s repurchase, without defendant’s consent, of Arnold’s interest in the partnership. At the time of the trial defendant was in possession of the partnership property and was using it in his business. The testimony of the parties respecting its value ranged approximately from $300 to $800. It is fundamental that, when one partner sells his interest in partnership property to another without the consent of the copartner, the purchaser becomes the owner of the share his vendor held in the partnership after the closing up of the partnership and the payment of partnership debts. 20 R. C. L. 983, sec. 217.
A more extended discussion of the record does not seem to be necessary. The evidence supports the judgment of the trial court. Shafer v. Beatrice State Bank, 99 Neb. 317. Error has not been shown. The judgment is
Affirmed.