McDonald v. Edgcomb

Citations

• 68 Wash. 393
• 123 P. 525
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 1300

Syllabus

<p>Partnership — Evidence. The evidence is insufficient to establish the existence of a general partnership between two persons who had for a dozen years been engaged in several joint adventures, where it appears that they were promoters and speculators, not conducting a general business, that each engaged in private enterprises of the same nature at the same time; nor to establish a particular partnership, where, upon an issue as to whether $3,000 advanced by one in a particular matter was for a half interest or as a loan, the testimony was conflicting, and it appeared that the money was, within a short time, repaid with interest, and the sum was grossly out of proportion to the value of the interest.</p>