Graham v. Shooke

HATHAWAY, Judge.

Appellant, defendant below, is appealing a jury’s finding that he and appellee were partners in a pet hospital. After the finding the case was submitted to a master to determine what proper accounting should be made to appellee. The master awarded the appellee a $50,000 judgment against appellant. The master and his findings are not questioned in this appeal, and we therefore will no longer concern ourselves with that aspect of the case.

In 1948 both appellant and appellee were employed by the Broadway Animal Hospital in Tucson. In 1949 appellant decided to open his own animal…