St. Paul Plow Works v. Starling
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA. This was an action at law, brought in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota, by William • Starling, a'citizen of Nebraska, against the St. Paul Plow-Works, a corporation of Minnesota.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA. This was an action at law, brought in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota, by William • Starling, a'citizen of Nebraska, against the St. Paul Plow-Works, a corporation of Minnesota. The complaint alleged that the plaintiff obtained letters patent of the United States, No. 154,293, issued to him August 18, 1874, for an improvement in sulky plows, of which he was the original and first inventor, and that on the. 17th of December, 1877, the following contract in writing wTas executed…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatchford
The defendant contends (1) that the. contract of December 1Y, 18YY, did not bind the plaintiff to grant to the defendant the privilege of manufacturing or selling any number of Starling sulky plows, or of manufacturing or selling them for any length of time, and did not bind the defendant to manufacture or sell any number of them, or to manufacture or sell them for any length of time, and therefore ceased to be operative as to all plows made or sold after either party indicated to the other its unwillingness to act longer under the contract, and that, therefore, no damages could be recovered…
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