Lamp v. Lempfert

This is an action brought to determine whether certain assets inventoried as assets in the estate of Emil W. Lamp, deceased, were in fact assets of a partnership known as Hugo R. Lamp and Company. There are also claims and counterclaims for accounting. It is a case with multiplicity of claims and paucity of evidence. There are no books of account or partnership records of any kind except copies of income tax reports. There are no individual books of account. There is no record of any accounting for thirty years and no distinguishable pattern or system of division of receipts or disbursements.…