Vercesi v. Petri

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Stern,

Plaintiff, alleging that he and defendant were engaged as partners in the conduct of a restaurant and that defendant had evicted him from the business, brought a bill in equity for an accounting. Defendant denied the existence of the partnership and asserted that plaintiff was only an employee. A hearing was had and the chancellor found there was an oral agreement of partnership. This finding, supported by testimony and accepted by the court in banc, is conclusive on appeal. The chancellor, in his decree nisi, ordered an accounting, but the court in banc dismissed…