Munde v. Lambie

The plaintiff seeks to recover a balance of the purchase money due him from the defendants under an assignment of certain letters patent of the United States. He put in evidence the assignment, dated September 23,1873, whereby it appears that, in consideration of $2000 paid by the defendants, he sold and conveyed to them his entire right, title and interest in the letters patent, issued to him August 5, 1873, for an improvement in folding-tables. The defendants offered in evidence a'paper writing, dated September 20,1873, signed by the defendants, in which they agree to pay the plaintiff $900…