Holt v. Peters

This suit grew out of a partnership between complainant, Holt, and defendant Peters, engaged in road and other construction work. Both parties had previously been engaged in the general contracting and construction business. Complainant was a civil engineer by training. The partnership began in the summer of 1920, and articles of copartnership were entered into between the parties. The articles of copartnership began with a contract at Hazard, Kentucky, for certain street paving. Holt, who was a civil engineer, made up the figures upon which R. L. Peters submitted a bid, and which bid was…