Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Dale

CULLISON, Y. C. J.

B. C. Dale, plaintiff, filed suit against the Phillips Petroleum Company, defendant, seeking to recover certain money alleged to be due as royalty payments for the use of a certain patent belonging to B. C. Dale. The record discloses that Dale patented a certain sand trap working barrel to be used in the pumping of oil wells. After the completion of said patented device, a number of said working barrels were manufactured by defendant in its shops and placed in oil wells belonging to defendant. Plaintiff further alleged that there was an agreement between plaintiff and agents…