Acme Chair & Metal Crafts Co. v. Northern Corrugating Co.

The following opinion was filed June 20, 1932:

Owen, J.

This action was originally brought by one J. J. Schmitt to recover royalties alleged to be due him under the terms of a contract entered into by said Schmitt and the defendant Northern Corrugating Company, by the terms of which the said Schmitt guaranteed to Northern Corrugating Company the exclusive right to manufacture a folding chair which had been invented by said J. J. Schmitt and upon which Schmitt’s application for a patent was then pending in the patent office. Subsequent to the commencement of the action Schmitt assigned his claim…