Pasternack's for Liquidation v. Samuels

STOKER, Judge.

This appeal deals with the proper amount of compensation to be paid the liquidator of a partnership and the propriety of an award of an expert witness fee to an accountant testifying in opposition to the amount of the liquidator’s fee.

FACTS

Pasternack’s was originally a partnership between Joe Pasternack, Jr. and his father, Joe Sr. The partnership was involved in the retail sale of furniture, hardware, and lumber and in investments. Upon Joe Sr.’s death in 1963, the partnership was continued between Joe Jr. and his mother, Mrs. Agatha Kullman Pasternack. Mrs. Paster-nack owned…