Smith v. Ogilvie

This action for an accounting, on the ground of fraud, seeks •to set aside three distinct transactions between the parties: First. The receipt for royalties from July 1,1883, covering books other than those published un.der the title of “The People’s Library.” Second. The sale of four detective stories. Third. The receipt for royalties upon the “People’s Library” publications, and for the value of electrotype plates from which they were printed. These transactions now sought to be avoided were to be a complete settlement of the amounts due by the defendant to the plaintiffs under a contract…