American Sign Co. v. Electro-Lens Sign Co.
District Court, N.D. California
Action by the American Sign Company against the Electro-Lens Sign Company, and others. On demurrer to defendant’s defense and counterclaim and ‘motion to strike.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN FLEET, District Judge.
[1] The action is to recover on promissory notes made by the defendant corporation and indorsed by its codefendants for deferred payments on the purchase price, under a contract of sale, of certain territorial rights or privileges under patents owned by the plaintiff; ^nd the primary question presented by the demurrer and motion to strike interposed by plaintiff to the answer and cross-complaint is whether in an action at law in this court on a contract not under seal the defense of failure of consideration based on fraud inducing the making of the contract can he…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Buzard v. HoustonSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- United States v. Bitter Root Development Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1906
- George v. TateSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Union Pacific Railway Co. v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Kansas City Southern Ry. Co. v. MartinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1920
- Raytheon Mfg. Co. v. Radio Corporation of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1935
- Ito v. WatanabeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1931
- McLaughlin v. Chief Consol. Mining Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1923
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