Western Screw & Manufacturing Co. v. Cousley

This was a suit brought by Cousley, the appellee, to recover compensation for services claimed to have been rendered by him for appellant prior to its incorporation. The plaintiff below recovered, and the defendant brings the case here by appeal.

The facts of the case, in substance, are, that one Ingalls was the patentee of a certain patent for casting screws, and desired to form a company at Alton, in this State, for the purpose of manufacturing his patent screws. With that object in view, he purchased and had conveyed to him a piece of ground, with buildings formerly used as a foundry, and…