Harlow Realty Co. v. Whiting

The plaintiff, on December 2, 1937, brought this bill in equity against the defendant for an accounting. The defendant’s answer, filed January 24, 1938, admitted that he and the plaintiff entered into a contract as evidenced by the letters referred to in the bill, and, in addition to denying that anything was due from him thereon, also filed a counterclaim, allegedly based upon a joint adventure that was apart from the subject matter of the alleged contract. On January 7, 1938, the defendant filed in the District Court of the United States for the District of *222Massachusetts a petition under §…