Harrison v. Morton
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. The appellant sued for breach of a contract, which bore date on December 8, 1894, and purported to have been executed in duplicate on that day.
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Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. The appellant sued for breach of a contract, which bore date on December 8, 1894, and purported to have been executed in duplicate on that day. By its terms, the appellant was to assign to the appellee a certain invention for a machine to make barrels and kegs, for which application had been made in the Patent Office by the inventor, one Henry Campbell, and of which said invention the appellant declared himself to be the owner, by assignment from Campbell. For the sale and conveyance to him of all rights under said patent, the appellee, by the terms of…
1Opinion of the CourtFowler, J.
On the eighth of December, 1894, Walter H. Harrison, the appellant, claims to have entered into an agreement under seal with the appellee, Franklin J. Morton. By the. terms of this agreement Flarrison was to assign to Morton a certain invention for a machine to make barrels and kegs, for which application had been made to the Patent Office by Henry Campbell, the inventor. Harrison alleged himself to be the owner of this invention by virtue of an assignment from the inventor. By the terms of this alleged agreement Morton was to pay Harrison the sum of one hundred thousand dollars in…
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