Wilson v. Hentges
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiffs from a judgment of the district court for Houston county, where the action was tried by Farmer, J., and a. jury, a verdict rendered for the defendants, and a motion for a new trial denied.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
Budge & llussell, otherwise known as “The Cedar Falls Scale Company,” were the owners of a patent for “the farmer’s sack-holder weighing scale.” They also held a contract executed to them by Essler, Norris & Doolittle, to manufacture these scales for them at seven dollars apiece. On March 8, 1875, in consideration of the notes in suit, Budge & Bussell sold to defendant Hentges the exclusive right to sell these scales in Vernon county, Wisconsin, for three years, and transferred to him the Essler, Norris & Doolittle contract, with the following written order indorsed thereon: “Deliver scales…
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