Tarnavsky v. Tarnavsky

SANDSTROM, Justice.

[¶ 1] Edward Tarnavsky appeals from a judgment ordering him to pay his brother, Morris Tarnavsky, $251,548.25 as contribution for a federal court judgment, and $9,679.44 for legal fees incurred in defending the federal action. We conclude the trial court did not err in ruling that no partnership existed between the parties and in awarding contribution to Morris Tarnavsky. We affirm.

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[¶ 2] In 1967, Mary Tarnavsky and two of her sons, T.R. and Morris Tarnavsky, were engaged in a farming and ranching operation near Watford City, with Mary Tarnavsky receiving one-half of the…