Goodyear v. Congress Rubber Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
This was a bill in equity, brought by [Charles Goodyear] a citizen of Connecticut against [Horace H. Day] a citizen of New York, and a corporation created by the laws of New York, and four other citizens of New York, as corporators of said corporation. The defendants demurred to the bill. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
INGERSOLL. District Judge.
The- bill shows that the plaintiff was the inventor of “a new and useful improvement in the processes for the manufacture of India-rubber,” which was secured to him by a patent; that, subsequently thereto, he entered into a contract with the defendant Day, under seal, by which he licensed Day to use the improvement patented, for manufacturing shirred or corrugated goods, in consideration of the sum of 810,090, although but $5,000 were actually paid, and also in consideration of a covenant on the part of Day, that, so long as the plaintiff should protect Day in the *675exc…
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