Allen v. Kent

This is a bill in equity for an accounting of a joint adventure in commercial fishing. The defendant appeals from a decree ordering payment by the defendant to the plaintiff of the value of the “twine” remaining in defendant’s possession at the close of the joint adventure in 1951, or $3,172.94.

The case was heard by a justice who died before a decision was rendered. The parties thereupon by agreement submitted the case to the sitting justice who rendered the present decree upon the transcript of the testimony and the exhibits in the record taken before the deceased justice. The sitting…