Holden v. Bernstein Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 9, Jan. T., 1911, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 5, Phila Co., Sept. T., 1910, No. 994, dismissing bill in equity in case of George Holden v. Bernstein Manufacturing Company. Bill in equity for discovery and account.
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Appeal, No. 9, Jan. T., 1911, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 5, Phila Co., Sept. T., 1910, No. 994, dismissing bill in equity in case of George Holden v. Bernstein Manufacturing Company. Bill in equity for discovery and account. The plaintiff’s bill was as follows: 1. That your orator, upon June 21, 1907, entered into a written contract with the Bernstein Manufacturing Company, a corporation, defendant, whereby said defendant corporation engaged your orator as superintendent in defendant’s factory upon the terms therein stated. Said written contract was duly executed by your orator…
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Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
It appears from the record here, that the court below sustained a demurrer to the plaintiff’s bill. The reason is not given, but presumably it was because it was thought there was an adequate remedy at law. If this was the reason, we cannot agree that it is good in this case. The plaintiff sought for an accounting for royalties claimed under the terms of an article of agreement, upon sales of certain articles manufactured by the defendant, under the •specifications of certain letters patent of the United States granted to plaintiff and afterwards assigned by him…
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