Deane v. Hodge
Supreme Court of Minnesota
The St. Paul Harvester Works, (a corporation,) becoming insolvent,, made an assignment to Lyman D. Hodge. The plaintiff presented ' claims against the insolvent, amounting to $39,437, for royalty and the value of the use of two patented inventions and also for services rendered.
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The St. Paul Harvester Works, (a corporation,) becoming insolvent,, made an assignment to Lyman D. Hodge. The plaintiff presented ' claims against the insolvent, amounting to $39,437, for royalty and the value of the use of two patented inventions and also for services rendered. The claims were disallowed by the assignee, and the plaintiff appealed to the district court for Ramsey county, where the cause was tried before Wilkin, J., and a jury, and the plaintiff had a ver" diet of $19,894. The assignee appeals from an order refusing a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtVandebbuRGH, J.
The plaintiff is the patentee of certain improved grain elevators, which were adopted by the defendant’s assignors, and manufactured and sold by them in connection with a large number of their harvesting-machines, and which it is claimed were found to be necessary to the successful operation of such machines, and greatly increased their salability and value in the market; and he claims to be entitled to collect and receive of the defendant a reasonable sum or license fee for the use of each of such patented inventions, which is alleged to be five dollars for each machine. He claims under two…
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