A. B. Dick Co. v. Fuller
District Court, S.D. New York
In Equity. Bill by A. B. Dick Company against Louis E. Fúller. On demurrer to the bill..
1Opinion of the Court
HAND, District Judge.
I can see no ground for the allegation that the contract was unconscionable, or that it ought not to be enforced by a court of equity. So far as the bill shows, it was of Puller’s free will, and gave him $7,500 outright. The agreement to pay $3,000 a year to the Dermatype Company, for at least three years, only meant that Dwight should get about SI,500 a year, for three years, for his stock alone. The balance of $7,500 for Fuller’s stock was what he got for the possibility that the company w-ould continue. The covenant with the complainant to disclose all future…
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