Morris v. Peckham
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for an account and a specific performance of a partnership agreement; brought to the Superior Court. Account taken by a committee; remonstrance by the plaintiff against the acceptance of the report; report accepted and judgment rendered for the defendant, (Sanford, J.~) Appeal by the plaintiff. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The plaintiff invented an improvement in screw-drivers. He agreed with the defendant to assign to him one-half of his interest in the invention, in consideration of which the defendant agreed to pay the expense of procuring letters patent, to furnish the necessary capital for the purchase of stock, machinery and tools, and to unite with the plaintiff in the business of making and selling screw-drivers for their joint benefit.
Letters patent were procured and business was carried on under the arrangement from the spring of 1879 until October, 1880, when the defendant stopped business, refusing…
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