Block v. Admr., Unemployment Comp. Act

The existence of a partnership relation is an ultimate conclusion to be drawn by the trier from all the subordh nate facts. Hotchkiss v. DeVita, 103 Conn. 436, 448.

It cannot be said that any one fact is determinative of the relationship, the essential question being whether, upon all the facts, “such a relation exists between them [the partners] that each is as to all the others, in respect to some business, both principal and agent.” Morgan v. Farrel, 58 Conn. 413, 422; Samstag & Hilder Bros. v. Ottenheimer, 90 Conn. 475, 478.

Where the parties are closely related, as in this case, “acts and…