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WARREN v. CHAPMAN

No. 86-815.

535 A.2d 856 (1987)

Walter E. WARREN, Appellant, v. Dudley H. CHAPMAN, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 9, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Hayes, Jr., with whom Walter E. Warren, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Thomas G. Corcoran, Jr., with whom Dudley H. Chapman, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before MACK and ROGERS, Associate Judges, and NEBEKER, Associate Judge, Retired.

ROGERS, Associate Judge:

Two principal issues are raised in this appeal: first, whether a cause of action for an accounting brought almost four years after the dissolution of a partnership was barred by laches, and second, whether pre-judgment interest is properly awarded on a partnership debt. We hold that because the partnership continued to wind up its affairs for at least two years, the cause of action for an accounting was not barred by laches. We also hold that...

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