Mann v. Flanagan

Citations

• 9 Or. 425

Syllabus

<p>Partnership — Compensation for Services.</p> <p>The general rule is, that one partner is not entitled, as against the other partners or the firm', to any compensation or commission for his skill or services employed in the partnérship business, unless there is an express agreement to that effect; but this rule, though of general, is not of universal, application; as, where such agreement may be implied from the course of dealing between the partners, or other circumstances of equivalent force.</p> <p>Whether a partner is entitled to commissions for services rendered the firm, depends upon the intention of the parties, and in order to ascertain this fact, the circumstances which surrounded the parties, and theii relative situation toward each other, should be considered.</p>