Smith v. Erlandson

Taylor, C.

In the early part of 1908, Andrew Erlandson, a childless widower who resided at Lindstrom in Chisago county, formed a partnership with Oscar A. Erlandson, a nephew, under the name and style of Erlandson Lumber Company, for the purpose of carrying on a retail lumber business at Hettinger, North Dakota, and also at other points if deemed desirable. Andrew furnished the original capital of $8,000, and Oscar managed and conducted the business. Formal articles of copartnership were executed May 7, 1908, under which they operated until May, 1916, when they formed a corporation under the…