Davis Improved Wrought Iron Wagon Wheel Co. v. Davis Wrought Iron Wagon Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York
In Equity.
1Opinion of the CourtWallace, J.
The defendant relies upon its equitable title to the patents in suit to defeat the complainant’s bill. The complainant has the legal title to the patents, having taken not only an assignment of the inventions from the Messrs. Davis, who were the inventors, but also the statutory title, the letters patent being issued to the complainant. The defendant claims to have succeeded to the rights of the Davis Iron Wheel Company, under an agreement made by that company with the Davises, by the terms of which the Davises covenanted to apply in the name of that corporation, its assigns or successors,…
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