De Geeter v. Bennett

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.

This appeal is from a decree of the Court of Chancery restraining Bennett, the defendant, from prosecuting an action in the Supreme Court brought by him against De Geeter, the complainant, in which he sought damages for a breach of contract and for the reasonable value of services performed.

The controversy between these men concerns their business relationship which began in the fall of 1936 and continued until June 30th, 1938. The respective versions of the controversy briefly seem to be as follows: Bennett says that he had been engaged in…