Wiegardt v. Becken

This action was brought for an accounting. In the amended complaint, which will be referred to as the complaint, the plaintiffs alleged that the defendants were indebted to them in the “sum of ten thousand dollars or more.” The defendants denied that they were indebted to the plaintiffs. The cause was tried to the court without a jury, and resulted in a judgment dismissing the plaintiffs’ action, from which they, appeal.

The appellants John L. Wiegardt, G. A. Wiegardt, and Fred W. Wiegardt will be referred to as though they were the only parties appealing, and Alfred E. Beeken will be referred…