Pearson v. Bertelson

Matson, Justice.

In an action for the recovery of a loan allegedly made by the plaintiff to the defendants as partners, the general administrator of the estate of the defendant John Alfred Johnson, deceased, appeals from the judgment entered against the defendants.

Plaintiff’s action was originally brought against the defendants, John Alfred Johnson and Emil E. Pearson, to recover $10,000 allegedly loaned to them on April 28, 1950, when the defendants were partners in operating an on-sale liquor store. Defendant Emil E. Pearson, a brother of the plaintiff, interposed no answer and has at all…