Angier v. Eaton, Cole & Burnham Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
October 18th 1881. Before Sharswood, O. J., Meecur, Gordon, Paxson, Trunkby, Sterrett and Green, JJ. Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Venango eoimty : Of October and November Term 1881, No. 191. Assumpsit, by J. Dorsey Angier against The Eaton, Cole & Burnham Company, to recover the amount of certain royalties for tbe manufacture by the defendant of tbe “ Crocker Check Valve,” a patented article, under an agreement between tbe plaintiff and tbe defendant, the material…
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October 18th 1881. Before Sharswood, O. J., Meecur, Gordon, Paxson, Trunkby, Sterrett and Green, JJ. Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Venango eoimty : Of October and November Term 1881, No. 191. Assumpsit, by J. Dorsey Angier against The Eaton, Cole & Burnham Company, to recover the amount of certain royalties for tbe manufacture by the defendant of tbe “ Crocker Check Valve,” a patented article, under an agreement between tbe plaintiff and tbe defendant, the material portions of which were as follows : — ■ “The said party of the first part [plaintiff], in consideration of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stekrett
The general inquiries, suggested by the assignments of error in this case, are, whether there was any question of fact that should have been submitted to the jury; and, if not, whether, upon the facts established by the uneontradicted evidence, the defendant was entitled to a verdict. Both of these questions will be more readily answered by briefly noticing some of the more prominent facts disclosed by the testimony.
By assignment from the patentee the parties to this suit became joint owners of certain letters patent, issued October 11th 1864 to Frederick Orocker for an “ Improvement in…
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