Knight, Allen & Clark, Inc. v. Farren

This action of contract was tried in the Superior Court without jury. The first count of the declaration was on an account annexed. The second and third counts alleged that the defendant made separate assignments to the plaintiff of moneys due the defendant from separate sources, and that the defendant had collected the sums assigned, but had not paid them to the plaintiff. The defendant answered that the plaintiff offered to compromise its claim “for a certain liquidated sum”; that the defendant accepted the offer and paid the sum agreed upon, and that the plaintiff sought to secure a secret…