Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation v. Fear

WILBUR, Circuit Judge.

Appellant brought this action to secure a declaratory judgment to determine the rights of appellant and appellee under certain contracts between them. These contracts were in the form of letters, the first of which was directed by the appellee to appellant and dated October 19, 1928, and the second, directed by appellant to the appellee, was dated November 9, 1928. Both letters relate to an invention by appellee of a machine for developing and processing photographic film. Under these contracts the appellee was employed to build, and did build, a developing machine…