Hart v. Smiley

The plaintiff was the owner of a farm near Coin, Iowa. He did not live upon it. The farm had been operated for more than 20 years under two successive copartnership agreements. The first of these copartnerships comprised the plaintiff and one Whitmore as copartners; the second thereof comprised the plaintiff and one Newman. The copartnership with Smiley, here under consideration, became the third in the succession. It began its operations on March 15, 1921, on which date Smiley went into occupancy of the farm. The plan of the copartnership was substantially the same as those that preceded it.…