Moorehead v. Davis

The appellee sued the appellant, charging in his complaint, that the appellant, on July 12th, 1881, obtained letters-patent from the United States for the exclusive right to vend a certain improved washing machine in all the States and Territories of the United States; that on May 22d, 1882, the appellant assigned in writing to the appellee the rights to said letters-patent in the counties of Hamilton and White, in the State of Illinois, in consideration of $300; that the appellee was induced to make said purchase from the representations of the appellant, which were false and fraudulent,…