Harstad v. Metcalf

— This is an action for an accounting upon the dissolution of a partnership. Appellant James I. Metcalf is an electrical engineer. Respondent H. T. Harstad is a civil engineer. They orally formed a professional engineering partnership in 1950. The professional services were largely performed for municipal corporations on sanitary, hydro electric and drainage projects. The partnership business had an unusual aspect in that such projects required preliminary studies, plans, and estimates of costs before their feasibility could be determined. Accordingly, the partnership customarily invested…