Schmidt v. Mertes
Schmidt v. Mertes
Opinion of the Court
The appellant does not dispute the general principle that equity is the proper forum in which to close up partnership concerns, settle the accounts between the partners, dispose of the property, and pay the partnership debts through the arm of a receiver, and divide the residuum between the partners; but his contention is in substance that under the allegations of the present complaint it appears that the partnership affairs have been settled by agreement of the parties, and that nothing remains save the payment of the amount which the defendant has agreed to pay the plaintiff for his share in the business. Were his premises correct it seems that the conclusion would follow that the remedy at law by action to recover the agreed balance would be adequate and exclusive. Where nothing is left to be done save the payment of an agreed balance there can be no necessity of a resort to equity, at least in the absence of insolvency on the part of the defendant. Edwards v. Remington, 51 Wis. 336, 8 N. W. 193; Gauger v. Pautz, 45 Wis. 449.
That, however, is not the situation presented by the complaint. True, the parties agreed to dissolve, and have agreed upon ah inventory of assets and upon the amounts they have respectively drawn from the business, but here they part company.; They cannot agree as to their respective interests in
All these considerations differentiate tbe case very materially from a case where all that remains to be done is for one partner to pay tbe other an agreed balance. We conclude that tbe demurrer to the complaint was properly overruled.
By the Court. — Order affirmed.
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