W. S. Rockwell Co. v. Naumburg
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Action at law by the W. S. Rockwell Company against Bernard Naumburg. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD; Circuit Judge.
This is an action to recover damages of the defendant Naumburg, treasurer of the Trans fiormetal Tool Steel Company, on the ground that he had fraudulently represented to the plaintiff, either knowing the contrary, or recklessly, not knowing anything about it, that a certain process for manufacturing steel was owned by the Metal Company, was secret, and was not patented, in reliance upon which representation the plaintiff entered into a contract with the Metal Company with reference to such process and incurred expenses in exploiting it, whereas in point of fact the…
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- Hadcock v. . OsmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
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