Dorton v. Ashland Oil & Refining Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Cammack

Affirming.

The case of Ashland Oil & Refining Co. v. Dorton, 300 Ky. 385, 189 S. W. 2d 394, presents a full discussion of the controversy between the parties to this appeal. In that case Dorton predicated his cause of action upon the express terms of an alleged contract under which he permitted the Company to use a device he had invented for repressuring oil wells. The contract, which was signed only by Dorton, recited no consideration and, on its face, tended to show it was only a license to permit the Company to use his invention. He offered proof,…