Bates Machine Co. v. Bates

The appellant company filed its bill in chancery in the circuit court of Will county, against the appellees, for a decree commanding the appellees to assign to the appellant company a certain patent for a woven wire fence, and a certain other patent for a machine to weave such woven wire fence. The appellees, defendants to the bill, filed answers thereto, and the appellee the Consolidated Steel and Wire Company filed its cross-bill against the Bates Machine Company, as the sole defendant, setting up its claim that it was the owner of the patents for the wire fence and for the machine to…