Martin Stamping & Stove Co. v. Manley

LAWSON, Justice.

Hugh M. Manley, a resident of Madison County, Alabama, and Martin Stamping and Stove Company, Inc., an Alabama corporation, on April 7, 1948, entered into a written agreement, the material parts of which will be set out in the report of the case.

On August 1, 1949, the agreement of April 7, 1948, was amended in writing so as to reduce the royalties to which Hugh M. Manley was entitled from ten per cent to five per cent of the gross receipts of the articles manufactured and sold by Martin Stamping and Stove Company, Inc., under the provisions of the original agreement. When we…