Lange v. Bartlett

This is an appeal involving the division of assets of the dissolved partnership “Pool Boys,” a swimming pool installation business. Art Lange, the retiring partner, appeals an award of half interest in the joint assets of the dissolved partnership, claiming the trial court should have considered profits from dissolution to the final accounting in determining the settlement. We agree and reverse.

Up to a point, the facts are not in dispute. Art Lange and Bert Bartlett worked together for several years on a part-time basis installing swimming pools. In 1972, they verbally agreed to form the…