Bolton v. Van Heusen

One of these cases is a suit in equity, the other an action at law. The suit in equity was instituted first. Summarily stated, the allegations of the bill are that the defendant Van Heusen (hereafter called the defendant) employed the plaintiff to invent a certain kind of collar and thereafter agreed orally with the plaintiff that, if he would apply for patents covering the invention and assign the applications for patents to the defendant, the latter would finance the obtaining of the patents and the marketing of the collar and pay the plaintiff thirty per cent of the profits derived from…