Lee v. Dahlin

Opinion by

Me. Justice Cohen,

Dahlin Bros. Coal Mining Company was a partnership owned by A. Yern Dahlin and George T. Dahlin, which mined coal in Clearfield County. At the death of George T. Dahlin on May 31, 1951, the partnership was dissolved, but A. V. Dahlin, the surviving partner continued to operate the mine for eighteen months, after which time he gradually began to liquidate the partnership. A. Y. Dahlin died on January 8, 1956, and because the partnership still had not been fully liquidated, a receiver was appointed.

The receiver filed a complaint in equity against the Estate of A. Y.…