https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193446 Partnership under Section 239 of the Contract Act is not confined to commercial trading; where persons combine property, labour or skill to exploit house property and share profits, a partnership may arise. On the facts, the house property had been treated as part of the partnership arrangement, and the defendants, having succeeded to their predecessor's position, assumed his rights and liabilities. The fact that one member of a joint family entered the partnership did not exclude the possibility that other family members were also partners on the evidence. The defendants were therefore bound to render accounts for the full period directed by the trial court, not merely from their father's death. en-us Mon, 21 Dec 1942 00:00:00 +0630 Sat, 29 Jul 2017 16:33:30 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193446 Partnership under Section 239 of the Contract Act is not confined to commercial trading; where persons combine property, labour or skill to exploit house property and share profits, a partnership may arise. On the facts, the house property had been treated as part of the partnership arrangement, and the defendants, having succeeded to their predecessor's position, assumed his rights and liabilities. The fact that one member of a joint family entered the partnership did not exclude the possibility that other family members were also partners on the evidence. The defendants were therefore bound to render accounts for the full period directed by the trial court, not merely from their father's death. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 21 Dec 1942 00:00:00 +0630 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193446