Lawrence v. Dale
New York Court of Chancery
THE bill, which was filed on the 28th of November, 1815, stated, that the late Robert Fulton, deceased, (whose executors, Harriet Dale and William Cutting, were made defendants,) in his life-time, about the 11th of February, 1809, and the 9th of February, 1811, obtained certain patents, for applying the power of steam to the purposes of navigation, in which patents the late Robert R. Livingston was equally interested, by virtue of an agreement, entered, into between them, in…
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THE bill, which was filed on the 28th of November, 1815, stated, that the late Robert Fulton, deceased, (whose executors, Harriet Dale and William Cutting, were made defendants,) in his life-time, about the 11th of February, 1809, and the 9th of February, 1811, obtained certain patents, for applying the power of steam to the purposes of navigation, in which patents the late Robert R. Livingston was equally interested, by virtue of an agreement, entered, into between them, in 1802, (set forth in the bill,) and, also, by one or more assignments of the said patent rights, from Fulton to…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The representatives of Fulton, and the two Livingstms, place their defence on very different grounds. The latter deny that Fulton had any authority to bind them, in whatever responsibility he may have incurred in his negotiations with the complainants.
I shall first consider the demand as it respects the defendants, Edward and Robert Livingston.
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