Foreman's Systems, Inc. v. Milk Dealers' Crate Corp.

The Chancellor.

The complainant’s case is, that the patent in controversy constitutes an improvement upon the two patents assigned to it by Foreman on March 1, 1916, and that, by the terms of the contract between it and Foreman, entered into on January 25, 1915, such improvement is in equity its property.

The stipulation of the parties, entered into through their solicitors, removes from the case any question of countervailing equity in the defendant, Milk Dealers’ Crate Corporation, as an innocent purchaser for value without notice.

As the case is presented, there are two main questions to be…