Burroughs Corporation Records. Burroughs Adding Machine Company Court Documentation, 1934-1935. Finding Aid.

Summary Information

Title: Burroughs Corporation records. Burroughs Adding Machine Company court documentation.
Dates: 1934-1935
Creator: Burroughs Adding Machine Company
Extent: 2 boxes (0.8 cubic feet)
Language: English
Collection Number: CBI 90, Series 24
Abstract:

Collection contains the records from the Michigan State Supreme Court case, Laura Miller Boyer v. Standish Backus (and other defendants), and an appeal from Wayne County Circuit Court.

Repository: University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute.

Access and Use

Acquisition Information:

The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by Unisys Corporation in 1991, accession 991-35.

Access Restrictions:

Access to the collection is unrestricted.

Copyright:

The Charles Babbage Institute holds the copyright to all materials in the collection, except for items covered by a prior copyright (such as published materials). Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provisions of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Preferred Citation:

Burroughs Corporation Records, Burroughs Adding Machine Company Court Documentation (CBI 90), Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Historical Note

Burroughs was in many court cases, some appealed and some not. Most of the legal court records were not kept, although there does exist information on Laura Miller Boyer v. Standish Backus (and other defendants).

Laura Miller Boyer was the daughter-in-law of Joseph Boyer. She was the legatee under the will of her husband Myron L. Boyer. Joseph Boyer had set up a trust specifically for Myron, and also made certain monthly payments to him. After her husband's death in 1929, Laura Miller Boyer wished to see documentation on how much money her father-in-law had set aside for Myron, but that information was in the estate of Joseph Boyer, who had died in 1930.

Much of the money left Myron by his father was in the form of trusteeships, and after Joseph Boyer's death, the remaining trustees felt this money should revert back to the father's estate, instead of being awarded to Myron's wife Laura. Such was the basis of the dispute by Standish Backus, other members of the Detroit Trust Company, Burroughs Adding Machine Company, and other descendants of Joseph Boyer. These other family members included Ruby Boyer Miller, Lotta B. (Boyer) Backus, Pearl S. Candler, Gertrude Boyer Chase, and Frank Boyer (deceased).

Collection Scope and Content Note

Collection contains the records from the Michigan State Supreme Court case Laura Miller Boyer v. Standish Backus (and other defendants) and an appeal from Wayne County Circuit Court. The dates range from 1934 to 1935.

Related Material

This is one series of the Burroughs Corporation Records (CBI 90). Please see the other series finding aids for further information regarding the Burroughs Corporation.

Subject Terms

Index Terms

• This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
• Backus, Standish.
• Boyer, Laura Miller -- Claims vs. Standish Backus, et al.
• Burroughs Adding Machine Company.

Box and Folder List

Location		Title
Box 1		Michigan Supreme Court Record, Vol. 1-3.  Box 1
		Defendants' affidavits on plaintiff's motion (disqualification of Justice Butzel).  Box 1
		Brief for defendants on plaintiff's motion (disqualification of Justice Butzel).  Box 1
		Motion for Re-Hearing and Brief.  Box 1
		Brief for Plaintiff and Cross-Appellant, Laura Miller Boyer.  Box 1
		Brief in opposition to motion for rehearing.  Box 1
		Reply brief for defendants and appellants.  Box 1
		Brief for defendants and appellants.  Box 1
Box 2		Michigan Supreme Court Record, Vol. 4-5 (Exhibits).  Box 2