Inventions Corp. v. Hobbs
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from tlie District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Suit in equity by the Inventions Corporation against John H. Hobbs, Harris Hammond, Clyde H. Slease, Rewis C. Van Riper, the Continental Motion Picture Company, Incorporated, the Vanoscope Company, Incorporated, and Henry B. Singer, as trustee in bankruptcy of the Vanoscope Company. From the decree complainant appeals.
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Appeal from tlie District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Suit in equity by the Inventions Corporation against John H. Hobbs, Harris Hammond, Clyde H. Slease, Rewis C. Van Riper, the Continental Motion Picture Company, Incorporated, the Vanoscope Company, Incorporated, and Henry B. Singer, as trustee in bankruptcy of the Vanoscope Company. From the decree complainant appeals. The following is the opinion of Reamed Hand, District Judge: The turning point of this raso on the merits is whether the two contracts of May !), 1914, and April 10, 3915. were in fraud…
1Opinion of the Court
MAYER, District Judge.
To understand clearly the questions here in issue, it is desirable to divide the controversy into two parts: (1) That relating to the effort to set aside certain license agreements; and (2) that relating to the character in law of certain proceedings following the obtaining of certain judgments by plaintiff’s assignor.
[1] First. Plaintiff is the assignee of one William J. Robinson, Miriam E. Robinson, Hector M. Hitchings, and Irving E. Burdick, of their respective interests in a judgment recovered by Robinson against Vanoscope Company (hereinafter called Delaware…
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