New York Automobile Co. v. Franklin

John Wilkinson is a mechanical engineer. For some time he had been interested in automobiles and, finally, on September 19, 1899, he entered iiito a partnership contract with Frederick D. White, Arthur R. Peck and Ernest I. White. He agreed to devote his time to the construction of an automobile, the others to contribute the amount necessary for that purpose.

Some work on a model had already been done. This was now continued and the model was completed about January 1, 1900. Experiments showed that it was not altogether *10satisfactory, but the parties seem to have believed that there was promise…