Pollak v. Gregory
The Superior Court of New York City
This was an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment entered in favor of the defendants, upon an order dismissing the complaint, made on the trial before Mr. Justice Woodruff and a Jury, on the 20th day of May, 1861. The defendants were Ira W. Gregory, James E. Kelley, William O. Watson and George H. Wooster.
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This was an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment entered in favor of the defendants, upon an order dismissing the complaint, made on the trial before Mr. Justice Woodruff and a Jury, on the 20th day of May, 1861. The defendants were Ira W. Gregory, James E. Kelley, William O. Watson and George H. Wooster. The action is brought on an agreement, which was as follows: Article of agreement, made and entered into this fourth day of September, A. d. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, between William 0. Watson, George H. Wooster, Ira W. Gregory, and James E. Kelley, all of the City of…
1Opinion of the Court
Bosworth, Ch. J.
The plaintiff testified that “ the testimony mentioned in the agreement” sued on,“ was intended to be an answer to the Morey and Johnson patent,” which patent the present defendants were charged with infringing. By the agreement in question, the defendants covenanted to pay the plaintiff $2,000, “ upon the condition that the information possessed by the said Poliak, or the testimony given by him, shall have been such as has led to the satisfactory termination of said suits, to "the interest of said” defendants; and also to “pay, from time to time, to said Poliak, during the…
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