Allin v. Millison

On the 27th day of July, 1867, Allin & Poston sold to Millison an undivided one-third interest in the exclusive right to manufacture, use and sell, within a certain territory, a certain match-safe, denominated the “Magic Match-Safe and Self-Lighter,” for which letters patent had been recently issued, for the sum of $3333, for which Millison gave his three promissory notes, each of equal amount, payable in six, nine and twelve months, and secured by a mortgage on 160 acres of land. This was an action on the case, brought by Millison against Allin & Poston and Leforgee, to recover for fraud and…