Kent v. Pallatroni

The plaintiff seeks an accounting from the defendants under an agreement for a joint venture in the ownership and operation of a fishing vessel. The plaintiff filed objections (that is, exceptions, Rule 90 of the Superior Court [1954]) to the report of a master and appealed from the interlocutory decree, which overruled the exceptions and confirmed the report, and from the final decree which dismissed the bill of complaint.

The agreement of the parties was dated January 29, 1954. Relevant provisions are these: “In consideration of the sum of two thousand dollars . . . paid by . . . [the…