Smith v. Woodworth

The above-entitled action is brought upon two certain promissory notes in the sum of $2,500 each.

The answers of the defendants set up as a defense that the notes in question were given as part purchase price for certain patent rights, without the words “ given for a patent right ” written or printed legibly and prominently on the face thereof; that “ the plaintiff violated the provision of section 330 of the Negotiable Instruments Law of the State of New York and also the provision of section 1520 of the Penal Law of the State of New York, thereby committing a misdemeanor.”

This is a motion to…