Painter v. Painter
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from Superior Court, City and County of San Francisco; F. W. Lawlor, Judge. Action by Caroline A. Painter and E. B. Dallam, executors of the will of Jerome B. Painter, deceased, against Theodore P. Painter and J. Milton Painter, for an accounting. From a judgment for plaintiffs and an order denying a new trial defendants appeal. Reversed.
1Opinion of the Court
VANCLIEF, C.
This is an action by the executors of the will of Jerome B. Painter, deceased, to compel an accounting and settlement of the affairs of the partnership firm of Painter & Co., of which the deceased was a member and Theodore P. Painter was the surviving partner.
The business of the partnership was that of manuf acturing and selling printing-presses, type and other materials, and the publication of an annual directory, and other incidental business. The partnership was originally formed in 1859, when it was composed of the three brothers—Jerome B., J. Milton, and Theodore P. Painter,…
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