Hyatt v. Vinita Brass Works

Plaintiff in error commenced this action to recover the sum of $1,188 clue him as royalty on a patented oil burner under the terms of a contract made with the defendant in error for the manufacture and salo of such burner. The parties will be hereinafter referred to as plaintiff and defendant as they appeared in the lower court.

The material portions of the contract involved' in this case are as follows:

“1st. That B. >S. Hyatt hereby surrenders his stock in the Vinita Brass Works, in Idle sum, of $7,590 to said company, and the said company agrees to pay as royalty to the said second party, B.…