Paul v. Collins
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Mayne, J., presiding. Case by William A. Paul against Jeffery N. Collins and others for fraud and conspiracy. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
The defendant Novelty Leather Works is a Michigan corporation. Defendants Collins and Bennett are two of the three directors of said corporation, and, respectively, president and treasurer thereof.
The case made by the declaration and by plaintiff’s proofs is that, having himself invented something supposed to be patentable, and which the commissioner of patents later determined was patentable, having confidentially explained and exhibited the invention to defendant Collins, and having made an oral agreement with the defendant Novelty Leather Works, through defendant Collins, by the terms of…
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