Burr v. Crompton
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Four actions oe contract by John B. Burr and George M. Hyde to recover money alleged to be due from the respective defendants under agreements in writing signed by the plaintiffs and the defendants respectively.
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Four actions oe contract by John B. Burr and George M. Hyde to recover money alleged to be due from the respective defendants under agreements in writing signed by the plaintiffs and the defendants respectively. The agreement in the first case was as follows : “ This agreement, made this 15th day of September, 1871, by and between J. B. Burr & Hyde, book publishers, of Hartford, Conn., of the first part, and George Crompton of Worcester, Mass., of the second part, witnesseth: That whereas, said Burr & Hyde are about to publish a standard work to be entitled ‘ The Great Industries of the…
1Opinion of the CourtDevens, J.
The contracts in these several cases, made between the plaintiffs and the defendants, were in effect on the part of the plaintiffs to advertise the business of the defendants respectively in a certain book to be published and sold by them, and on the part of the defendants to pay therefor at the rate of two cents for each copy of the book so sold. As all the contracts contemplate that the advertisements of the defendants are to be distributed by means of a book published and sold by subscription, it was competent for the plaintiffs to show in what manner, according to the usage of the trade,…
2Cited by1 opinion
- Burr v. American Spiral Spring Butt Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1880