Soules v. McLean
Soules v. McLean
Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Upon a former appeal in this action (7 Wash. 451, 35 Pac. 364) it was. held that .certain property standing, in the name pf the defendant and appellant was held -by him in trust , for a partnership of which he, t.he plaintiff and one McKay were the individual members; that he-had.a lien thereon for any balance which might be found to be due him on account of moneys which he had advanced for the benefit of the partnership; that he should first be repaid the amounts so advanced, and thereafter the property remaining, or its proceeds, should be divided, one-half to himself and a quarter to each of the other partners. And the case was remanded with
From this order and the decree entered in pursuance thereof defendant has again' appealed, and we feel compelled to hold that the order and decree were not in accordance with the directions of this court. What this court found was that appellant had a lien upon the entire property for the entire amount of his advances, and not that he had a lien upon respondent’s one-fourth interest for one-fourth of the amount of the advances. It was found that the advances were made for the benefit-of the partnership and'that appellant was entitled to be reimbursed for such advances before any of the property could be released from the lien created by the agreement of the parties. Hence, when the court ordered that one-fourth of the property should be released from the lien upon the payment of one-fourth of the advances, it was not proceeding in accordance with the opinion rendered upon the former appeal. As well might it be claimed that a mortgagor having given a mortgage for a specific sum upon an entire tract would be entitled to have the lien of the mortgage discharged as to one-fourth of such tract by the payment of one-fourth of the amount of the mortgage. The lien of such a
The decree will be reversed and the cause remanded for further proceedings in accordance with the directions of the opinion rendered upon the first appeal and contained herein.
Anders, Gordon and Dunbar, JJ,, concur.
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- APPEAL — JUDGMENT BELOW UPON REMAND. Where the appellate court has held that the appellant holds certain real estate in his own name in trust for a partnership of which he was a member, and that, upon payment to him of moneys advanced.for its purchase, for which he was entitled to a lien thereon, the remaining property or its proceeds should be divided among the partners according to their proportionate interests, the trial court on a remand of the case has no authority to enter an order that the respondent would be entitled to a deed conveying to him a certain .proportion of the trust property on his payment to appellant of respondent’s proportion of the indebtedness.