McCormick v. Gray
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Illinois. McCormick was the inventor of McCormick’s patent Virginia Reaper,” and being desirous of manufacturing, the same for -sale in the States of Illinois and ■'Wisconsin, entered into partnership with Gray. The'articles were very specific, but too. long to be inserted here.
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This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Illinois. McCormick was the inventor of McCormick’s patent Virginia Reaper,” and being desirous of manufacturing, the same for -sale in the States of Illinois and ■'Wisconsin, entered into partnership with Gray. The'articles were very specific, but too. long to be inserted here. The object was to manufacture five ‘hundred reapers for the harvest of 1848, and the partnership was -formed on the ,30th of August, 1847. Three lots of ground were purchased in Kenzie’s addition to Chicago, and the manufacture was…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Curtis
This is a bill for an account of certain partnership transactions betwen McCormick and Gray, and to set aside an award by which that account has been stated. The bill was demurred to, apd, by a decree of the Circuit' Court of the United States for the District of Illinois, it was dismissed, and the complainant appealed.
The demurrer raises the question, whether the award is valid? The objection to the award is, that it is not pursuant to the submission. To decide this question, it is necessary to examine the terms of the submission and the award. The submission is contained in…
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