Floyd v. Farish

Hewlett, Justice.

The only question presented for our decision is whether or not, under the petition, the plaintiff was entitled to an accounting. It is observed that the partnership agreement provided that the partners should give to each other a quarterly accounting of the profits or losses of the business, which should be shared and borne by each of them. Therefore a contractual duty rested upon the defendant, who had the books, records, and money of the partnership, to give to the plaintiff an account of the affairs of the partnership every quarter, so that he might know what profits were…