Burt v. Riley

TEEHEE, C.

H. G. Burt and George B. Mellott, plaintiffs in error, were sued by C. E. Riley, defendant in error, in an accounting of partnership property.

The partnership was created under an agreement entered into on February 9, 1920, for the purpose of conducting a loan business in the name of H. G. Burt. By the terms of the agreement they were equal partners, with the net profits from a United States Commissionership and a surety agency held by Mellott also to be considered as profits of the business. It was operative from and after the March, 1920, Osage annuity payment. H, G. Burt was…