Alfred Henry Ltonel Leach, C.J.

1. This appeal arises out of a suit filed by the first respondent on the original side of this Court. The appellant was the first defendant. The suit was for the taking of the accounts of a partnership between the plaintiff and the first defendant.

2. It appears that the father of the plaintiff and the first defendant entered into partnership on the 14th April, 1920. On the 10th April, 1931, the plaintiffs father died, which meant in law the dissolution of the partnership. The partnership business was, however, carried on by the plaintiff (who took the place of his deceased father), and the first defendant. This partnership carried on business until 1933 when the first defendant gave notice to the plaintiff dissolving the partnership. When the original partnership was formed, that is, the partnership between the plaintiffs father and the first defendant, it was agreed that they should share equally in the profits. They had each contributed a sum of Rs. 250 towards the capital. The plaintiffs father, however, was not satisfied with a division of profits on this basis, and on the 16th November, 1922, it was agreed between the plaintiffs father an