Venier v. Forbes

Julius J. Olson, Justice.

This was a suit to rescind, avoid, and set aside a sale by plaintiff to defendant Forbes of his interest in a copartnership originally composed of plaintiff and defendants, and to restore to plaintiff his original rights as such copartner, including an accounting of the entire original partnership venture. The partnership operated under the firm name of U. S. Plating Company. The suit was founded upon plaintiff’s claim of fraud practiced by defendants upon him to accomplish the sale. Defendants, by appropriate pleadings, put these claims in issue. These issues were…