Martin v. Hunt

This bill in equity seeks an accounting of partnership profits, discovery rights, the cancellation of a "release," and money damages. The defendant Hunt’s plea in bar, based on res judicata, was sustained, and a final decree was entered dismissing the bill as to him. The plaintiff appealed. The plea in bar was rightly sustained. The trial judge found that the plaintiff had previously filed in the Superior Court a bill against Hunt which contained every allegation and prayer to be found in the present bill and did not substantially differ from it. The earlier proceeding was removed to the…