Klauder-Weldon Dyeing Machine Co. v. Weldon
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal in the first action by the defendants, Katharine Weldon and another, as executors, etc., from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Montgomery on the 16th day of October, 1914, upon the decision. of the court after a trial before the court without a jury.
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Appeal in the first action by the defendants, Katharine Weldon and another, as executors, etc., from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Montgomery on the 16th day of October, 1914, upon the decision. of the court after a trial before the court without a jury. Appeal in the second action by the defendant, John H. G-iles, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Montgomery on the same day, upon the decision of the court after a trial before the…
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
These two actions involve the same questions of law, the only difference in the cases being that the defendant Giles claims rights under assignments from the defendants in the other case, both involving certain letters patent. The cases were tried together and were disposed of as one case and will be so treated here.
Prior to the year 1893 the Klauder-Weldon Dyeing Machine Company was a Pennsylvania corporation, engaged in the manufacture of machinery for dyeing purposes. This corporation was organized in the year 1890, and Leonard Weldon, an inventor and man of large experience…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Somerby v. BuntinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- Burr v. . De La VergneNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Spears v. . WillisNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Klauder-Weldon Dyeing Machine Co. v. WeldonNew York Supreme Court · 1914
3Cited by4 opinions
- E. F. Drew & Co. v. ReinhardCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
- People ex rel. Giles v. Klauder-Weldon Dyeing Machine Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
- Forberg v. Servel, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1949
- Klauder-Weldon Dyeing Mach. Co. v. GilesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915