Bowers v. Woodman

BREWSTER, District Judge.

By this bill in equity the complainants, as receivers of the Wickwire Spencer Steel Company, seek to compel the assignment by the respondent to the complainants of certain patents and applications for letters patent covering conveyor belts and improvements thereon.

Statement of Facts.(1) The Wickwire Spencer Steel Company is a corporation, and until 1927 was engaged in the manufacture of steel products. It operated seven plants situated in this and other states, one of which is located in Clinton, Mass. On October 21,1927, the complainants were appointed receivers of…