Hawkes v. First National Bank

The plaintiff seeks to recover for personal

services rendered by him to a copartnership composed of his father and his uncle, the testator of whose estate the defendant is administrator with the will annexed. That partnership was dissolved by operation of law by the death of the defendant’s testator in 1925. The surviving partner thereupon became vested with title to the property of the firm and was bound to account for its application to the payment of firm debts and to the settlement of the partnership accounts. Wellman v. North, 256 Mass. 496, 501, and cases there cited. St. 1922, c. 486, §…