Freeman v. Smith

EUGENE A. BURDICK, District Judge.

This is a civil action on a contract brought by the plaintiff, Andrew L. Freeman, to recover a judgment for the balance due upon the sale of certain patent rights for the manufacture of the Freeman Head Bolt Heater under a patent license agreement executed by the plaintiff as licensor and defendants H. E. Smith, Jr., and W. S. Kincade as licensees. Pursuant to this agreement, the defendants became jointly obligated to the plaintiff to pay certain royalties computed upon all sales of this device. While defendants Smith and Kin-cade launched a common…