Worden v. Gillett
District Court, S.D. Florida
At Daw. Action by Beverly D. Worden against M. E. Gillett and D. C. Gillett, trading as M. E. Gillett & Son. On motion to strike and demurrer to plea.
1Opinion of the Court
CADD, District Judge.
This is a suit by the transferree of an overdue promissory note against makers. The plea, to which both a motion to strike and a demurrer have been filed, alleges, in short, facts as follows:
In August of 1919 the defendants, being owners of certain patents, entered into certain agreements with the Submarine Boat Corporation for an agreed price to give an option to it to acquire 51 per cent, of the capital stock of a corporation to be formed at the agreed price of $500,-000, and to which was to be tiansferred the exclusive license under such patents, and which was to…
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- Bowen v. SnellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1846
- Adams v. BlissSupreme Court of Vermont · 1844
- Birmingham Trust & Savings Co. v. Jackson County Mill Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1899
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