Legal Opinion
Paridy v. Caterpillar Tractor Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 26, 1931No. 4404PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPARKS, Circuit Judge.
This action was instituted on December 4,1929, for the purpose of establishing a constructive trust against property in the hands of appellee. The action arises out of alleged fraud and wrongdoing of appellee’s privies in fraudulently obtaining from appellant information, plans, and a model of an endless track mechanism of whieh appellant claims to have been the original and sole inventor.
The bill alleges that appellant conceived his claimed invention in June, 1892; that thereupon he drafted plans and constructed a small model thereof, whieh he retained in his possession…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Saxlehner v. Eisner & Mendelson Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1900
- State v. RichardsonOregon Supreme Court · 1906
- Pickens v. Coal River Boom Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
- Murphy v. Citizens' BankSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1907
- Haaren v. MouldSupreme Court of Iowa · 1909
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3Cited by26 opinions
- John W. Wilson v. Volkswagen of America, Inc., a New York Corporation and Volkswagenwerk, A. G., a Foreign Corporation, Wolfsburg, Western GermanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
- Morse v. LewisCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1932
- Funk v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1947
- Smith v. Lykes Brothers-Ripley S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1939
- United States v. Marcus L. HarrisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
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