Rochester Folding Box Co. v. Browne
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, George W. Browne and others, from an interlocutory judgment of the Supreme Court- in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the: clerk of the-county of Monroe on the 3d day of February, 1900, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Monroe Special Term, “ setting aside the assignments of the inventions, letters patent and interests set forth in the complaint herein ; adjudging the defendant Arthur B. Cowles to be the…
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Appeal by the defendants, George W. Browne and others, from an interlocutory judgment of the Supreme Court- in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the: clerk of the-county of Monroe on the 3d day of February, 1900, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Monroe Special Term, “ setting aside the assignments of the inventions, letters patent and interests set forth in the complaint herein ; adjudging the defendant Arthur B. Cowles to be the equitable owner of the same; directing the defendants to execute assignments of each and all of their title and interests…
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, J.:
The judgment should be affirmed, with costs.
The action was brought to establish plaintiff’s right to certain inventions by the defendant Cowles, and to procure the assignment to plaintiff of such inventions and letters patent therefor and all interests therein, and for an accounting of all profits realized by the defendants therefrom. The plaintiff bases its right to relief upon parol evidence of an agreement between the plaintiff and the defendants Cowles, Browne and Levis. The evidence given on the trial was abundantly sufficient to support plaintiff’s contention and the…
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