Richards v. Allis
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. This is a suit in equity for an accounting brought against Edward P. Allis in his lifetime, and revived against his executors. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The plaintiffs appeal from a judgment dismissing the complaint. They cited 1 Story, Eq. Jur. (11th ed.), secs. 67, Ml, 412a, 453,458; 3 Bl. Comm. 163, 437; 3 Pom. Eq.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. This is a suit in equity for an accounting brought against Edward P. Allis in his lifetime, and revived against his executors. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The plaintiffs appeal from a judgment dismissing the complaint. They cited 1 Story, Eq. Jur. (11th ed.), secs. 67, Ml, 412a, 453,458; 3 Bl. Comm. 163, 437; 3 Pom. Eq. Jur. sec. 1421; Noonan v. Orton, 28 Vis. 387; 1 Harvard L. Rev. 123, 126; 2 id. 261; 3 id. 237; Kannington v. Houghton, 2 Younge & C. 620; Taff Vale R. Go. v. Nkeon, 1 II. L. Cas. Ill; Mackenzie v.…
1Opinion of the CourtOetoN, J.
This action is based upon a contract of the following import: The parties are A. C. Richards, as administrator of the estate of Charles M. Roberts (deceased) and in his own right, and others, who are interested in a patent right of an invention known as “ an improvement on processes and machinery for the manufacture of flour,” secured to the said Roberts in his lifetime by letters patent dated the 10th day of July, 1877, as parties of the first part and the plaintiffs herein, and Edward P. Allis, sole partner under the firm and style of E. P. Allis & Co., of the second part, said Allis being…
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