Hathorn v. Wheelwright
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Assumpsit on a promissory note of $2957. Defense failure of consideration. At the hearing in the court below, the case was reported to the law court for determination upon so much of the evidence as is legally admissible. The case sufficiently appears in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWiswell, C. J.
Action upon a promissory note for $2957, by the payee against the maker. This note was a partial renewal of a former one for $3000, in consideration of which the plaintiff, the payee of the note, sold to the defendant an interest in certain inventions and patent rights. The instrument of sale was in part as follows: “In consideration of three thousand dollars to me paid by George Wheelwright of Bangor I hereby sell and convey to said Wheelwright eight twentieths of all my patents and inventions in the Fancy Forging and ball business as now carried on by me.” The instrument contained certain…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Nash v. LullMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- Harlow v. PutnamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
- Chemical Electric Light & Power Co. v. HowardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
3Cited by2 opinions
- Davis v. DavisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1941
- Holland v. CrickardConnecticut Appellate Court · 1985