Shutes v. Cheney

FINLEY, J. pro tern. *

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in favor of respondents following the sustaining of a demurrer to appellant’s third amended complaint which appellant thereafter declined to amend.

As set forth in the complaint, the facts appear quite complicated. In their bare essentials, they are as follows; On August 25, 1936, W. J. Dubil and E. J. Hubik obtained a United States patent for the preparation of meat to be sold under the trade name of “Chip Steaks.” Some time prior to November 28, 1938, Dubil and Hubik granted to W. T. Carpenter exclusive authority to manufacture,…