Skinner v. Smith
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Dutchess county. Action by Charles E. Skinner, as trustee of the Smith Moquette Loom Company, against Warren B. Smith, William F. Cochrane, and Eva S. Cochrane, and the Smith Moquette Loom Company. The court dismissed the complaint, and from the judgment thereupon entered plaintiff appeals. Code Civil Proc. ÍT.
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Appeal from special term, Dutchess county. Action by Charles E. Skinner, as trustee of the Smith Moquette Loom Company, against Warren B. Smith, William F. Cochrane, and Eva S. Cochrane, and the Smith Moquette Loom Company. The court dismissed the complaint, and from the judgment thereupon entered plaintiff appeals. Code Civil Proc. ÍT. Y. §§ 1781, 1782, under which the action is brought, are as follows: “§ 1781. Action against Directors, eta., of a Corporation, for Misconduct. An action may be maintained against one or more trustees, directors, managers, or other officers of a corporation to…
1Opinion of the CourtDykman, J.
On the 16th day of January, 1877, letters patent of the United States were granted to Alexander Smith for an improvement in looms, and the invention thereby secured was very valuable. When he died he left two children, Warren B. Smith and Eva S. Smith, now the wife of William F. Cochrane. There were likewise letters patent for a similar invention granted by foreign governments, and at the death of Alexander Smith all the patents came to his two children, and belonged to them. Later, however,-it appears that William F. Cochrane became the owner of one-quarter of the patent, and his wife…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Farnsworth v. . WoodNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
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- Drew v. KeuferNew York Supreme Court · 1894