Adamson v. Alexander Milburn Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Action by Ernie Adamson and others against the Alexander Milburn Company. Judgment of dismissal, and plaintiffs bring error. The action was commenced in the state court, and was removed into the United States District Court on defendant’s petition, the controversy being between citizens of different states.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Action by Ernie Adamson and others against the Alexander Milburn Company. Judgment of dismissal, and plaintiffs bring error. The action was commenced in the state court, and was removed into the United States District Court on defendant’s petition, the controversy being between citizens of different states. The plaintiffs Adam-son and Van Pelt are citizens and residents of the state of New York, and Swiggert and Levinson are citizens and residents of the District of Columbia. The defendant is a…
1Opinion of the CourtRogers, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). It appeal's that the plaintiffs submitted to the defendant an offer in writing dated August 15, 1918. That writing contained a detailed description of the claim and advantages of the acetylene generator patent which Adamson had applied for on August 14, 1918, and was offering to assign to defendant. It also included an offer to assign to defendant, the patent issued to Adamson on November 25, 1913, being patent No. 1,079,823, and all designs and improvements on generators conceived by Adamson prior or subsequent to the date of the writing, on the *152conditions…
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