Brown v. Sprague

Plaintiff brought suit against the defendants to recover $2,250 with interest claimed to be due for the balance of the purchase price of an invention for which an application for letters patent was pending, There was a trial before the court without a jury and a finding and judgment against both defendants in plaintiff’s favor for $2,475, the amount of her claim, to reverse which the defendant Sprague prosecutes this appeal.

The record discloses that the defendants, William D. Sprague and Anna M. Andrews, were respectively president and secretary and directors of the Combustion Improvement…