Dusenka v. Dusenka

Matson, Justice.

Appeal from an order denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial.

For several years prior to 1937, the defendant, Frank Dusenka, Jr., in partnership with his father, Frank Dusenka, Sr., operated an on-sale liquor tavern in Minneapolis. In 1937, the elder Dusenka transferred his one-half interest in the business to his son, the defendant, in consideration of the son’s promise to support and maintain his father during his lifetime, subject, however, to the understanding that the father would continue to assist in the operation of the business. Plaintiff, wife of the senior Dusenka…