Francis L. Sauget v. Herbert J. Johnston

ORR, Circuit Judge.

On or about the 28th day of January 1954, appellant and appellee entered into-a written joint venture agreement and pursuant thereto, conducted business operations.

Disagreements arose and appellee in-situted suit for dissolution of the joint venture and an accounting. Issues were joined and the case went to trial. During the course of the trial, appellee introduced a copy of the joint venture agreement, which the trial court admitted as being “an exact copy of the original.”

The trial court ordered an accounting and referred the cause to a special master, who in due time…