Steinberg v. Goldstein

COUGHLIN, J. pro tem. *

This is an appeal from an order upon a petition by a receiver requesting instructions.

The plaintiff and defendant are licensed physicians and surgeons. In 1947, they formed a partnership to engage in the practice of medicine and surgery with principal offices in the city of Fresno, California.

On April 4, 1950, the plaintiff commenced this action for a dissolution of the partnership, an accounting, the appointment of a receiver, and damages. The plaintiff alleged that, without his consent, the defendant “opened an office for himself” in Visalia, using partnership funds…