Droll Patent Corp. v. Chattanooga Mattress Co.

The Droll Patent Corporation sues the Chattanooga Mattress Corporation to recover the balance of the purchase price of a “New Droll Roll-edge Machine, Model D,” a patent device sold under the trade name.

The Mattress Corporation sues to rescind the contract and recover the payment made under the contract and on the purchase price. The Chancellor granted the Patent Corporation relief and the Mattress Corporation has appealed.

This machine is used in forming and sewing a roll on the edges of> mattresses, neatly obscuring its seams and leaving the mattress a finished product. This is a complicated…