Pettingill v. Jones

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Brewer, J.:

This was an action brought by defendant in error, plaintiff below, to recover a balance due on settlement of a partnership transaction. Stripping the pleadings of all matters in which the parties agreed, and it left this single *750issue for trial. The petition alleged that as partners, the parties bought 900 head of sheep at one purchase, and sold the same in a single lot to L. Adams; that the profits of this transaction were $225, which profits were received and appropriated by the defendant. The answer denied specifically any partnership in…