Sheridan Electric Light Co. v. Chatham National Bank
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered upon an order made May 24, 1889, which affirmed a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a decision of the court on trial without a jury. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHaight, J.
This action was brought for an alleged conversion of certain checks upon banks located in the state of Ohio, and payable to the order of the plaintiff.
The plaintiff was a manufacturing corporation and owned or controlled the patents for the Sheridan system of electric lighting. On or about the 8th day of February, 1882, it entered into an arrangement with O. C. Kendrick and E. L. Shepard to organize companies in the different states and territories for electric lighting under the Sheridan system, and to every company so organized having a capital stock of at least one hundred thousand…
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