Cheesman v. Sathre

This lawsuit grew out of a disagreement between two partners who jointly invented a hydraulic shock absorber device called a boomsnub, designed to prevent accidents caused by rigging failures on cranes equipped with heavy booms. The disagreement culminated in the execution by defendant partner of a licensing agreement purporting to convey to the other two defendants .here all right to manufacture and sell the device, for which an application f pr a patent was then pending.

Defendants have appealed from an eight thousand dollar judgment for plaintiff entered on a jury verdict.

Plaintiff sued for…