Case Name: PARROT aginst FARNSWORTH
Court: Vermont Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Decision Date: 1817
Citations: 1 Brayt. 174
Docket Number: 
Parties: PARROT aginst FARNSWORTH.
Judges: 
Reporter: Brayton
Volume: 1
Pages: 174–175

Head Matter:
PATENT RIGHT.
PARROT aginst FARNSWORTH.
Windsor,
1817.

Opinion:
IN an action of assumpsit, on a note of hand, the defendant may avoid the note, by shewing in evidence, under the general issue, that the note was given for a pretended patent righit which was void, on the ground of its not having been an original invention ; although a deed, with covenant, was made by plaintiff to defendant, conveying the patent right, and although the patent remains unrepealed.