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Legal Series -- Legal Department Records -- Phonograph -- Case Files: Edison Phonograph Works v. Edison United Phonograph Company; Edison United Phonograph Company v. Edison Phonograph Works
[QP028]

This folder contains material pertaining to the suit and countersuit brought by the Edison Phonograph Works and the Edison United Phonograph Co. in the New Jersey Court of Chancery. The cases were initiated in 1901 and involved the solvency and holdings of the Edison United Phonograph Co. and the contractual relations between the two companies. The selected items include the bill of complaint by the Edison Phonograph Works; a 12-page draft in Edison's hand and other correspondence regarding the suit; and the bill of complaint and defendant's affidavit in the countersuit.



Courtesy of Thomas Edison National Historical Park.