New Jersey Zinc Co. v. Singmaster

CAFFEY, District Judge.

In a case, such as this, that involves consideration or ascertainment of intention or mental state or condition, difficulty is almost always-experienced. Here also there are dif ficult questions of law. In this case we reach a point where the law governing patents and the law governing contracts come into contact. In order fairly to consider or determine the questions of law, therefore, it is essential very carefully to discriminate with which branch of the law we are concerned. As counsel have indicated in their briefs, the subject involved is one upon which there has…