Legal Opinion
Smith v. Smith
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided December 16, 1916PublishedCited by 16 opinions
Appeal from Wright District Court. — O. G; Lee, Judge. ■ Suit for an accounting between the parties and to settle the title to lands acquired by each. On hearing, decree was entered, from which both parties appeal, that of defendant being first perfected.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
l. partnership: the relation: Setter' The parties to this suit are brothers. .When the case was heard in the district court, plaintiff was 76, and defendant 71 years of age. They entered into partnership in 1881. The terms thereof are in dispute. The plaintiff, to whom we shall hereafter refer as “J. R.,” testified :
“I told W. 0. that I thought I ought to go into the cattle business on my own hook. I always made more money when I was alone; but he .said, 'Two can handle cattle on these prairies to advantage, and we had better go in partnership;’ and we agreed to go in partnership and buy a…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Fairchild v. . FairchildNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
- Burns v. ByrneSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
- Burden v. SheridanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1872
- McKinnon v. McKinnonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1893
- Sanger v. . FrenchNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Sinclair v. AllenderSupreme Court of Iowa · 1947
- Thompson v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1949
- Lamp v. LempfertSupreme Court of Iowa · 1966
- Norwood v. ParkerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1928
- Myers v. WendelSupreme Court of Iowa · 1924
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