Adams v. Turner
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for a breach of contract, brought to the Court' of Common Pleas in Fairfield County and tried to the court, Ourtis, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for §1,728, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings and findings of the court. The appellant also applied to this court to rectify the appeal in particulars not presented in his exceptions.
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Action to recover damages for a breach of contract, brought to the Court' of Common Pleas in Fairfield County and tried to the court, Ourtis, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for §1,728, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings and findings of the court. The appellant also applied to this court to rectify the appeal in particulars not presented in his exceptions. On the 13th of November, 1894, the defendant and John B. Howe entered into the following contract in writing under seal:— “ This indenture, made and entered into by and between John B. Howe…
1Opinion of the CourtTobbance, J.
One of the important questions in this case is whether the words “new and useful improvements,” in the written contract, include improvements in Howe’s machine to be invented by him after the execution of the contract, or only those then actually embodied in the machine, and those then existing in his mind. The plaintiff contends that only the latter kind are included, while the defendant contends that the former as well as the latter kind are included. If this question can be answered in favor of the plaintiff’s contention from an inspection of the contract itself, it will dispose of most of…
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