Havana Press Drill Co. v. Ashurst
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Mason county; the Hon. George W. Herdman, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bailey
On the 30th day of December, 1890, the Havana Press Drill Company, a corporation organized under the laws of this State, and having its principal office at Havana, Mason county, filed its bill in chancery, against John L. Ashurst and Lewis B. Ashurst, for the specific enforcement of an alleged agreement to assign to the complainant certain letters patent for an improvement in wheat drills, issued by the United States to John L. Ashurst, and numbered 297,961. The facts out of which the controversy arose are somewhat complicated, but so far as they need be stated here, they are, in substance,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Marsh v. Nichols, Shepard & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1891
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