Williams v. Dakin & Bacon
Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors
Error from the supreme court. On the 10th May, 1825, Dankin & Bacon bought of W. Williams a newspaper éstablishment, known as the Utica Sentinel, and the good will and patronage of the paper, for which they agreed to pay $3500 ; viz; $3000 for the patronage and good will of the establishment, and $500 for the types and printing apparatus ; and the parties accordingly entered into an agreement under seal to carry the purchase into effect.
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Error from the supreme court. On the 10th May, 1825, Dankin & Bacon bought of W. Williams a newspaper éstablishment, known as the Utica Sentinel, and the good will and patronage of the paper, for which they agreed to pay $3500 ; viz; $3000 for the patronage and good will of the establishment, and $500 for the types and printing apparatus ; and the parties accordingly entered into an agreement under seal to carry the purchase into effect. A. Seward, uniting with W. Williams, these parties covenanted as follows : “ That they will not, nor will either of them, establish, set up or commence the…
1Opinion of the Court
After advisement, the following opinions were delivered:
By the Chancellor.
The alleged breaches of this covenant, upon the facts found by the special verdict, are 1st. That Williams assisted Merrell is establishing a political paper in Utica called the Utica Intelligencer, by hiring him his printing press for the avowed object of printing that paper, and by selling him types for that purpose-—which types Williams had for sale on commission for a house in Philadelphia ; and that a part of the first number of that paper was set up by Merrell in the office of Williams; and 2d. That Williams…
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