Ellis, Inc. v. Ellis

These parties appeared in reverse order in the trial court. Plaintiff in error is a Delaware corporation formerly entirely controlled (as was its two corporate predecessors in interest) by W. A. Ellis, Jr., who died in 1935. The three corporations were organized and the contracts and leases herinafter mentioned executed in his lifetime. Hence for convenience, each of these is treated as an individual and hereinafter referred to as “W. A.” Defendant in error, a resident of Ohio, is hereinafter referred to as Orison.

Orison brought this suit for an accounting and the recovery of unpaid royalties…