Case Name: Oren W. SHAFFER, Appellant, v. Frank ROSS, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1962-07-31
Citations: 143 So. 2d 568
Docket Number: No. 61-805
Parties: Oren W. SHAFFER, Appellant, v. Frank ROSS, Appellee.
Judges: Before PEARSON, TILLMAN, C. J., and HORTON and BARKDULL, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 143
Pages: 568–568

Head Matter:
Oren W. SHAFFER, Appellant, v. Frank ROSS, Appellee.
No. 61-805.
District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.
July 31, 1962.
Robert V. Shea and Curtis A. Myers, Coral Gables, for appellant.
Thomas J. Walsh, Homestead, for appel-lee.
Before PEARSON, TILLMAN, C. J., and HORTON and BARKDULL, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The appellant, as plaintiff, brought a complaint for dissolution of a claimed partnership with the defendant and for an accounting. The chancellor dismissed the suit at the close of the plaintiff's case. The question therefore is whether the plaintiff established a prima facie case of the existence of a partnership. Hill v. Beacham, 79 Fla. 430, 85 So. 147.
A review of the evidence submitted shows a failure to prove a mutuality of interest in the profits and losses; therefore the chancellor correctly concluded that a partnership was not proved. Stevens v. McKibbin, 68 F. 406, 411 (5th Cir.1895). See Cooper v. Fulton, Fla.App.1961, 132 So.2d 616.
Affirmed.