Petersen v. Petersen

Frank T. Gallagher, Justice.

Appeal by defendant from a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered in the district court following a trial before the court without a jury.

This case arose out of a dispute between the estate of a deceased partner and the surviving partner over the distribution of the assets of the partnership following dissolution on the death of the deceased partner.

Donald Petersen returned home from the service in 1946 and in May of that year joined his father, William Petersen, in a chicken hatchery business. Prior to that time, William had operated the business as a sole…