Las Vegas MacHine & Engineering Works, Inc. v. Roemisch

OPINION

By the Court,

Badt, J.:

Does the contract entered into by these litigants make them joint adventurers and governed by the law of copartnerships, including the right of contribution to share the loss suffered by the alleged joint adventure?

It will avoid confusion to call the parties by their names — plaintiff and respondent being referred to as Roemiseh, defendant and appellant being called the Machine Works, and the third party to the contract (not a party to the suit) being called Perry. These parties on April 7, 1947 entered into the following written contract:

“Contract

“The parties…