Rawley v. Woodruff

*420By the Court

Dwight, J.

The note in suit was given in part payment for an interest in each of two inventions or .processes connected with the manufacture of printing paper. One of the processes was patented; fa-r the other a patent had been applied for. The former was described in the contract of sale as a patent for an “ improved apparatus for bleaching paper pulp; ” the latter as a patent .(applied for) for the purpose of preparing the straw or other material for the bleaching process. The defendant asked .to-set off" damages sustained by him by reason of false and fraudulent representations…