The Thomas A. Edison Papers Digital Edition

This folder contains material pertaining to the suit brought by Edison, the National Phonograph Co., the Edison Phonograph Works, the Edison Phonograph Co., and Frank L. Dyer against the New York Phonograph Co., James L. Andem, and others in the New York Supreme Court for the County of Westchester. The case was initiated in December 1909 and involved a dispute over the settlement reached in New York Phonograph Company v. National Phonograph Company et al., executed on April 9, 1909. The selected items consist of the bill of complaint and the two contracts of settlement in dispute. Also included is Frank L. Dyer's deposition in another case, New York Phonograph Company v. Siegel-Cooper Company, initiated in April 1909 in the New York Supreme Court for the County of Westchester, which discusses the protracted litigation between the New York Phonograph Co. interests and the Edison interests. Among the documents not selected are affidavits and exhibits in the printed record for Thomas A. Edison et al. v. New York Phonograph Company et al. Related material can be found in the case files for New York Phonograph Company v. National Phonograph Company et al.