Skretvedt v. Kouri

*28This is the saga of a backyard chat between neighbors that mushroomed into an alleged partnership. The arrangement culminated in bitter controversy, during which neither party was able to agree on any material fact about the nature of the relationship or about its financial matters.

In August 1989, appellant Orrin T. Skretvedt, by counsel, filed a bill of complaint against appellee Michael G. Kouri alleging that, in 1983, the plaintiff entered into a partnership with the defendant under the name “Econo Lease.” According to the allegations, each partner was “required to devote his whole time…