[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
- New York News
- Mentioned
- American Bell Telephone Co
- Edison Phonograph Co
- Gilliland, Ezra Torrance
- Tomlinson, John Canfield
- Edison, Thomas Alva
- Date
- 1889-05-12
- Type
- Clipping
- Folder ID
- SB019-F
- Microfilm ID
- 146:190
- Document ID
- SB019022a
- Publisher
- Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
- License
- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Has Version
- Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 146
- Item sets
- [SB019-F] Cat. 1160