In re the Estate of Kruse

Both parties appeal from judgments in an action for accounting following the death of one member of a partnership. The surviving partner, Donald Kruse, obtained judgment for $59,737.80; the estate of the deceased partner, his brother Eugene Kruse, received $76,064.20.

Typically, there was no written agreement between the brothers, but neither party disputes the existence of the partnership. The principal issues surround the ownership of one of four parcels of Grant County land farmed by the brothers and the rights and liabilities of the surviving partner following the death of his brother.

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