Kent v. Water Commissioners of the Barnstable Fire District

This is a bill in equity by Kent, the owner of a tract of land in Barnstable, against the commissioners1 *161administering the waterworks of the fire district created by St. 1926, c. 109, in accordance with St. 1934, c. 302. The bill seeks cancellation of Kent’s guaranty of revenue dated May 9, 1949, mentioned below. The commissioners filed a counterclaim for amounts alleged to be due under the guaranty. The trial judge made voluntary findings. A final decree was entered holding the guaranty to be valid and ordering Kent to pay to the district, with costs, the sum of $651.17 owed under the…