[SB019022a], Clipping, New York News, May 12th, 1889
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Title
[SB019022a], Clipping, New York News, May 12th, 1889
Bibliographic Citation
"Suit for a Quarter of a Million", New York News, May 12th, 1889
Editor's Notes
"Suit for a Quarter of a Million", New York News. TAE has entered a complaint in equity in the US Courts against Gilliland and Tomlinson, for the recovery of $250,000. The article goes into some financial details surrounding the phonograph sale. TAE had estimated the value of the patent as one million dollars.
Thomas Edison accuses late legal adviser John C. Tomlinson and electrician/inventor Ezra T. Gilliland of cheating him out of $250,000 in the sale of the phonograph; he sues for the sum
Author
Mentioned
Date
1889-05-12
Type
Folder/Volume ID
SB019-F
Microfilm ID
146:190
Document ID
SB019022a
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University