Foster v. Davis

Opinion of the Court.

THIS was an action of covenant, upon, articles of agreement between the plaintiff and defendant, whereby, after reciting that James Schee, the American consul to Genoa in Italy, had undertaken to dispose of the defendant’s patent Hemp and Flax Spinning Machine right, to certain states and territories in Europe, it was stipulated on the part of the plaintiff, that he would go with the said Schee, and conduct the business of *72spinning and exhibiting the said machine ; and the defendant, on his part, agreed, in consequence of the above services rendered by the plaintiff, to…