Hausen v. Goldman

This is an action to determine the ownership of a one-third of 1 per cent royalty interest in certain oil land in Kern County. Plaintiff claims 50 per cent of said interest by reason of a partnership or joint venture agreement entered into with defendant in the latter part of 1943. Defendant denied that there was a joint venture between the parties and denied that plaintiff had an interest in said royalty or in the money which defendant had received or was to receive from it in the future.

The trial court found that the interest involved was not created as a result of the agreement of the…