Hubenthal v. Kennedy
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Keokuk Superior Court. — Hon. Henry Bank, Jr., Judge. This is an action in equity; for an accounting. By agreement of tbe parties the cause was sent to a referee, who reported his finding of facts and conclusions of law, to which all of the parties filed exceptions. The conclusion of the referee was that plaintiff was entitled to recover the sum of $7,142.26, with interest from the date of the commencement of the suit.
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Appeal from, Keokuk Superior Court. — Hon. Henry Bank, Jr., Judge. This is an action in equity; for an accounting. By agreement of tbe parties the cause was sent to a referee, who reported his finding of facts and conclusions of law, to which all of the parties filed exceptions. The conclusion of the referee was that plaintiff was entitled to recover the sum of $7,142.26, with interest from the date of the commencement of the suit. The superior court overruled the exceptions, and entered judgment for that amount. Both parties appeal, defendants1 appeal being first perfected.
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
— The defendant L. B. Kennedy was the inventor of a machine for the manufacture of brick, and had obtained a patent therefor. He and defendant Dickinson were .the owners in common of the right covered by the patent for the state of Minnesota and the territory of Dakota. On the the twenty-fourth of July, 1882, they sold an interest in the right to plaintiff, and executed to him an instrument of conveyance, the material part of which is as follows: “ * * * I do hereby grant and convey unto the said Charles Hubenthal license under said patent to use said Kennedy’s brick-machine, within the state…
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