Dempsey v. Dobson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 330, Jan. T., 1897, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1892, No. 829, on judgment for defendants. Trespass to recover damages for the alleged wrongful taking of plaintiff’s color books. Before Beitler, J. The case was previously reported in 174 Pa. 122, where the facts sufficiently appear.
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Appeal, No. 330, Jan. T., 1897, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1892, No. 829, on judgment for defendants. Trespass to recover damages for the alleged wrongful taking of plaintiff’s color books. Before Beitler, J. The case was previously reported in 174 Pa. 122, where the facts sufficiently appear. At the trial plaintiff testified in his own behalf as follows: “Q. What is the nature of the business of a color mixer? A. Selecting and combining colors, coloring materials, either ¡singly or in combination, for the purpose of producing colors for the printing of…
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Opinion by
Mb. Justice Williams,
This case was in this Court in 1896, and is reported in 174, Pa. 122. A verdict and judgment had been obtained in the court below against-the defendants from which they appealed. We reversed the judgment, holding that a color mixer could not assert as against his employer, an exclusive title to the various combinations and shades of color devised by him for use in the manufacture of carpets in his employers’ mill. But we awarded a venire facias de novo because of an allegation that violence had been used by the defendants in the detention of the plaintiff, and…
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