Capitol Beef & Provision Co. v. Somerville Dressed Meat Co.

The plaintiff appeals from a final decree which dismissed its bill for an accounting, and determined the plaintiff to be indebted to the defendant on the latter’s counterclaim in the amount of $23,705.55. The *506appeal is before us on a report of the evidence and a report of material facts.

The case arose from an oral agreement to enter into a joint venture to furnish canned pork and gravy to the United States Department of Agriculture (the government). The defendant Somerville Dressed Meat Co. (Somerville) was to supply the pork to the venture at a guaranteed price of fifty-two cents per pound,…