Grant v. Pratt & Lambert
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Pratt & Lambert, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 23d day-of February, 1900, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction, of the.court, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 28th day of February, 1900, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J. :
The plaintiff" brings this action to recover liquidated damages for the breach of. a written contract, entered into by the parties thereto on the 26th day of January, 1893. It appeared from the" contract and ‘ the evidence that the plaintiff was possessed of the exclusive knowledge and ownership of certain inventions, formulas, secrets and process for the manufacture of varnishes. The defendant was a manufacturer and dealer therein, and for the purpose of placing the invention of the plaintiff upon the market the contract was executed. By its terms, so far as is important to any…
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