Sage v. Oil Country Specialties Manufacturing Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

This is an action to recover money and for an accounting. Judgment was for plaintiffs, ordering an accounting. Defendant appeals.

The petition states two causes of action. The first alleges that plaintiffs were the inventors of a “new and useful improvement in *502chain-driven sand reels.” It alleges that plaintiffs had applied for a patent on their sand reel, and while the application for a patent was pending entered into a contract with defendant whereby plaintiffs granted defendant the exclusive agency and right to manufacture and sell the reel…