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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
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RECENT LEGAL
DECISIONS.
[PREPARED FOE THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.]
ACTION
ON NOTE—DEFENSE—FRAUD—
EVIDENCE—VERIFICATION OF PLEADINGS.—
George P. Bent's New Factory.
G
EORGE P. BENT is moving this week
into his handsome new factory at the
earner of Sangamon street and Washington
Boulevard, Chicago. As can be seen from
the cut herewith it is not only a handsome
structure exteriorly, but it is one of the
most complete in all the essentials that go
to make a "perfect" factory that can be
found in this country. In this factory Mr.
Bent will be able to supply the increasing
demand for the "Crown" products.
By
the middle of next week Mr. Bent hopes to
have everything in running order in his
new building.
Freeborn Q. Smith in Washing=
ton.
WITH THE BUILDERS
HIS MANAGER,
AND MR. VAN WICKLE,
PUSHING
THE WORK ON
piano makers with their cases, is the larg-
est and most complete case factory in the
world.
Mr. Smith lias between a quarter and a
half million dollars invested in his factories.
His highest grade piano, the "Bradbury,"
is made at the new factory, 774-8 Fulton
street, Brooklyn; the "Webster," "Hen-
ning" and "Rogers Bros." pianos are made
at his factories on Raymond street, so that
Mr. Smith is able to supply dealers with a
full line of pianos to meet the growing and
popular demand.
3. The note providing only for payment
in money, evidence of a verbal agreement
that the payee would take the stock back if
the makers became dissatisfied, was inad-
missible.
4. An affidavit to a plea, reciting that
Amicably Adjusted.
what is stated on affiant's knowledge is
THE suit of the Emerson Piano Co., Bos- true, and that what is stated on information
ton, against the Prescott Piano Co., Con- is believed to be true, is insufficient where
cord, N. H., for infringement of patent, and it is impossible to separate what is known
from what is unknown.
reported in THE Music TRADE REVIEW some
Riley et al. vs. Treanor, Court of Civil
time ago, has been adjusted to the satisfac-
Appeals
of Texas.
tion of both companies.
SET-OFF — JUDGMENT
HIS NEW FACTORY ON PENNSYLVANIA
AVENUE.
GEO. N. GRASS, of Geo. Steck & Co., has
had a very successful trip, and his host of
friends
out West made his tarry in that
R. vSMITH left New York last Monday
section
very
pleasant and profitable, for he
morning on the limited express, and
succeeded
in
booking a large number of
shortly after his arrival in Washington
orders
for
the
Steck piano.
donned an old slouch hat, loaned him by
Mr. Van Wickle, and was right in the midst
THE Chase Bros. Piano Co., Muskegon,
of the carpenters and masons pushing his have opened a branch store for the sale of
new factory skyward.
Mr. Smith has had their instruments at 805 E. Main street,
quite some experience with factory build- Richmond, Va., and consequently have
ings, and is never so happy as when dressed withdrawn their pianos from the Richmond
in an old suit around directing the work- Music Co., of that city. This move por-
men.
tends a more direct representation of their
This makes the third factory Mr. Smith instruments in future.
lias built: the original factory he purchased
JOSEPH INGERSOLI., road representative for
after it was completed, some twenty-five the importing house of Frank A. Stratton
years ago; this, with the three modern fac- & Co., is making a trip through the South
tories he has built, will justly entitle him and is doing very nicely.
to be designated the "Big 4," and together
THE Clifford Piano Co. have sent us a
with the factory Mr. Smith is now building
at Washington, will not only make him the very handsome advertisement entitled "A
pioneer piano manufacturer at the National Pointer For You"—a design which shows a
Capital, but also owner of more piano manu- cute youngster pointing to a cut of a Clif-
factories than any piano maker in this or ford piano. The color work is very effec-
any other country. His case manufactory tive.
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at Leominster, Mass., for making piano
cases, besides supplying a number of other
1. In an action on a note, given as part of
the price of corporate stock, an answer
alleging that the makers and a third person
organized the corporation at the solicitation
of 'the payee, who stated tha1HFwo"uTd~do
a large and profitable business, and thaTit
would be backed by a certain bank to the
extent of $10,000; that such statements
were untrue; that said makers believed
that said payee knew them to be untrue,
and that said payee had conspired with said
third person to control the corporate busi-
ness—-present no defense.
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t*2. The representation of said payee that
in his opinion the business of the corpora-
tion would be lucrative was mere "trade
talk," and presented no defense to the note,
where it did not appear that the makers
were not as well acquainted with the facts
as he.
E. F. THAYER, pianos and organs, open-
ing new warerooms in Milwaukee, Wis.
THE CELEBRATED
STEGER
ft
FOR COSTS—FEE
BILLS—INTEREST— JUDGMENT — EQUITABLE
RELIEF. — 1. Where a party against whom a
judgment for costs has been rendered in
favor of an executor takes an assignment
of the fee bills owed by the executor, and
included in the judgment, they may be set
off in satisfaction of the judgment. 35 N.
E. 1103 affirmed.
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2. Fee bills do not draw interest. 35 N.
E. 1103 affirmed.
Keifer, Sheriff, et al. vs. Summers, et al.,
Supreme Court of Indiana.
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HAMILTON
S. GORDON is contemplating
removing his factory from its present quar-
ters, Fourteenth street and Ninth avenue,
to 29 Tenth avenue.
BROWN & LETLAIN, music trade dealers,
Wilmington, Del., have been succeeded by
James Brown & Son.
W. L. BUSH, of the Bush & Gerts Piano
Co., Chicago, is visiting the Pacific Coast.
EASTMAN & Ross is a new firm which have
just opened up in Newburgh, N. Y. They
will handle the Hazelton and the Newby &
Evans pianos, the former as leader. In
organs they will sell the Wilcox & White,
PIANOS
PATEN TEO 1892.
are noted for their fine singing qualiiy ti
tone and great durability.
The n-.r.st
profitable Piano for dealers to handle
STEGER
Factory, Columbia Heights.
23"> WABASH AVENUE, CHICAGO.