Louie Osborne Person v. Armour & Co.

This proceeding was instituted April 9, 1919, to recover $120,000,000 in damages. Plaintiffs claim to *649have procured from the government of the United States January 8, 1901, a patent for the invention or discovery of a process for the .manufacture ■ of a biscuit or ration combining pork and beans. . They also .claim to be owners of similar patents issued by other governments. Defendants are corporations and individuals engaged, in the packing industries and in other industrial enterprises. . The demand of plaintiffs for relief seems to be based on a -conspiracy which they claim resulted in…