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[SB019025f], Clipping, New York Journal of Commerce, May 13th, 1889

Title: [SB019025f], Clipping, New York Journal of Commerce, May 13th, 1889
Bibliographic Citation: "A Phonograph Case", New York Journal of Commerce, May 13th, 1889
Editor's Notes: "A Phonograph Case", New York Journal of Commerce. TAE has entered a complaint in equity against Gilliland and Tomlinson. Edison formed his phonograph company with $1.2 million and TAE owned 11,960 shares at $100 each. Gilliland and Tomlinson were to find a buyer for the rights to the phonograph and sold it for $500,000, whereas TAE estimated its value at $1 million. He suspects that a separate deal allowed $250,000 to be gained by Gilliland and Tomlinson.; 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 Journal of Commerce
Mentioned: American Bell Telephone Co; Gilliland, Ezra Torrance; Lippincott, Jesse H; Tomlinson, John Canfield; Edison, Thomas Alva
Date: 1889-05-13
Type: Clipping
Folder ID: SB019-F
Microfilm ID: 146:191
Document ID: SB019025f
URL: https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/document/SB019025f
Rights: Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Publisher: Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
Has Version: Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 146

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