Ross v. Dowden Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jasper District Courts — IIon. W. H. Mc- ' Henry, Judge. Suit on an oral contract to recover certain payments alleged to be due as royalties on a patented device to be attached to a potato digger, called an “auxiliary rear conveyor.” Tbe case was tried to tbe court without a jury, and judgment was rendered for the defendant. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSherwin, J.
The plaintiff alleges: That he devised a rear conveyor to be attached to the Dowden potato diggers, and orally agreed to permit the Dowden Manufacturing Company to use his model of said rear conveyor in manufacturing the same; that in consideration therefor it was agreed that said manufacturing company should make rear conveyors of said type, and pay the plaintiff seventy-five cents for each rear conveyor it made and sold; that the manufacturing company accepted said model, and thereafter made rear conveyors of said type, and voluntarily paid the plaintiff for each one made and sold during…
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