Bollinger v. Bollinger

The late Ring Lardner, were he writing this opinion, might have begun it by saying that although the Bollinger boys were not very congenial brothers they were not very congenial partners either. George (appellant) is the youngest. Stanley is the oldest and Francis fits somewhere in between. They are the appellees. The three brothers have spent their lives in the vicinity of Westminster, where, until 1958, they farmed, operated orchards and did grading and excavating work under informal and apparently unsatisfactory cooperative arrangements.

On 1 October 1958 they executed a formal partnership…