Foss v. Maine Potato Grower's Exchange

The record in this case is meager. From it, however, we learn that Hatch had a claim against the Exchange; that the Exchange had ceased to function, was being liquidated, its business about to be wound up; and that H. Merritt Cunningham was the duly appointed receiver of the corporation.

The brief record consists merely of a statement of the nature and amount of Hatch’s claim, duly sworn to, so much of the decree of the justice in the court below as fixed the amount allowed, and the appeal of Hatch from that decree, together with the docket entries. The decree is in the following terms:

“This…