IN THE COURT OF APPEAL
AT NAIROBI
(Coram: Kneller, JA, Platt and Gachuhi, Ag JJ A)
CIVIL APPEAL NO 2 OF 1984
BETWEEN
SHANTILAL KHIMJI SHAH .................................................. APPELLANT
AND
1. THAKORBHAI NANALAL PATEL
2. PRABHAKARBHAI JIVANBHAI PATEL
3. NARENDRA RATANBHAI PATEL.......................................... RESPONDENTS
(Appeal from the Ruling and Order of the High Court of Kenya at Nairobi (Masime, J) dated November 8, 1982 In
Misc Civil Cause No 355 of 1980)
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JUDGMENT OF KNELLER, J A
Mehta Patel and Company is or was a partnership that has carried on the business of accountants in Nairobi since 1925. Some of its elderly partners retired in early 1978 leaving behind Thakorbhai Nanalal Patel, a son of the founder partner, and Prabhakarbhai Jivanhbai Patel, his nephew, the first and second respondents, who brought in Narendra Ratanbhai Patel, the third respondent, and Shantilal Khimji Shah, the appellant, and then there were four partners.
The resp…