Orwig v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

Automatic train control devices were installed on defendant’s lines and engines by the Regan Safety Devices Company, Inc., under a contract by which the Regan Safety Devices Company, Inc., agreed, among other things, to assume the defense of suits brought against the defendant for infringement of patents by the installation and use of sucff devices. Two suits were brought against the defendant for alleged infringement of patents through the use of such devices. It appears that demand was made upon the Regan Safety Devices Company, Inc., that it assume the defense of such suits, and that…