Strong v. Carver Cotton Gin Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract for damages for the alleged breach of an agreement in writing to pay royalties to the plaintiff dated February 1, 1897. Writ dated September 28, 1904. The contract sued upon was as follows: “ Memorandum of agreement made and entered into this First day of February, A. D. 1897, by and between Frederick C. Mann, and Sarah F. Strong, as Executrix of the will of Frederick S. Strong, both of East Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts,…
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Contract for damages for the alleged breach of an agreement in writing to pay royalties to the plaintiff dated February 1, 1897. Writ dated September 28, 1904. The contract sued upon was as follows: “ Memorandum of agreement made and entered into this First day of February, A. D. 1897, by and between Frederick C. Mann, and Sarah F. Strong, as Executrix of the will of Frederick S. Strong, both of East Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, parties of the first part, and the Carver Cotton Gin Company, a corporation duly established under the laws of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Knowt/ton, 0. J.
This is an action to recover royalties under a contract in writing, granting the defendant a license to manufacture and sell the machines covered by a certain patent. The principal question in the case, which arose at the trial in a variety of forms, is, What is the proper construction to be put upon this contract? It recites that the parties of the first part are joint owners of Letters Patent “ numbered 503,997, issued August 29, 1893 for the term of seventeen years, said Letters Patent being granted for ‘Automatic Feed Attachments and that the party of the second part,…
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