Hunt v. Singer
New York Court of Common Pleas
. Appeal by the defendants from a judgment of the Marine Court at General Term. This action is brought by Polly Hunt and George W. Hunt, administratrix and administrator of Walter Hunt, deceased, against Isaac M. Singer and Edward Clark, to recover the sum „of one hundred dollars, the amount of an instalment alleged to have become due on the first day of September, 1860, under and by virtue of a contract made on the 3d day of May, 1858, between Walter Hunt, since deceased,…
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. Appeal by the defendants from a judgment of the Marine Court at General Term. This action is brought by Polly Hunt and George W. Hunt, administratrix and administrator of Walter Hunt, deceased, against Isaac M. Singer and Edward Clark, to recover the sum „of one hundred dollars, the amount of an instalment alleged to have become due on the first day of September, 1860, under and by virtue of a contract made on the 3d day of May, 1858, between Walter Hunt, since deceased, and the defendants. By this contract it was agreed that the defendants should have the exclusive direction and control of…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Hilton, J.
In the contract of Walter Hunt, deceased, with'the defendants, he agreed that they *211should have the exclusive direction and' control of his unpatented discoveries or inventions respecting sewing machines, and power to make application for a patent, or to apply to Congress for a grant of special privileges, or for some specific compensation for the public benefits conferred by the inventions ; and he covenanted that he had not .executed any paper," or made any contract which would or might impair, .or injuriously affect the right of the defendants to completely direct in…
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