Southern Lead Corp. v. Glass

In this ease the Southern Lead Corporation by bill in equity sought relief against Fredrick Glass, an inventor, to prevent the assignment of a patent, which had been applied for by Glass, to another assignee than the Southern Lead Corporation. The court sustained a general demurrer to an amended bill' of complaint and dissolved an injunction which had been granted without notice on the filing of the original bill and dismissed the suit. The complainant, Southern Lead Corporation, ap peals from the several orders by which these rulings were made.

It is well settled that an inventor has before…