DeGrasse v. H. W. Gossard Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appear from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G. WindES, Judge, presiding.
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Appear from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G. WindES, Judge, presiding. This is a bill in chancery filed by appellee, against appellant, setting up a certain alleged contract dated August 1, 1903, which provides that appellant shall have the exclusive right to manufacture and sell in the United States, corsets embodying certain patented busks during the life of said patent, and shall pay as royalty to appellee four francs on each corset and make at least 2x60 corsets each year; that…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Farmer
Appellant first contends that the bill is not so drawn as to authorize a court of equity to take jurisdiction in the matter; that the charge of fraud is too general, and that the bill does not show that a discovery is indispensable to the attainment of justice or that the facts sought to be discovered are material; that it does not name the officer or agent who has knowledge of the facts sought to be discovered ; that the bill shows there were no mutual accounts to be adjusted, and that therefore equity does not have jurisdiction and that there was an adequate remedy at law. A sufficient…
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- Klein v. Independent Brewing Ass'nIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
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