Johnstone v. E & J Manufacturing Co.

From a judgment in favor of plaintiff after trial before the court without a jury in an action to recover $22,702, the alleged reasonable value of services alleged to have been rendered to defendants, defendant C. N. Erickson appeals.

*587The evidence being viewed most favorably to plaintiff (respondent) , the essential facts are:

Plaintiff, a physican and surgeon, in 1925 conceived the idea of manufacturing a resuscitator and gas anesthetic machine. He entered into a partnership with defendant Erickson to manufacture the same. This they did until 1926 when plaintiff and said defendant incorporated…