Blackburn v. Allen

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiff with reference to a claim for money under a written contract.

The cause went to trial upon the claim of Blackburn that he, as the owner of a patent for a long stroke oil pumping unit, had entered into a written license agreement with Allen wherein, among other things, Blackburn had granted to Allen the exclusive right to make and sell all devices embodying the invention set forth and claimed in the letters patent. Paragraph 16 of the contract provides as follows:

“Licensee agrees to advance $85.00 per week from the signing of this…