Michigan Paneling Machine & Manufacturing Co. v. Parsell

The plaintiffs replevied from the defendant a paneling machine, and the question in controversy related to the ownership of this machine, at the time the suit was brought. The plaintiff gave evidence of having purchased it of one Bice, through John Warren his agent, and also of having purchased the right to manufacture and use machines of the kind in the counties of Genesee, Saginaw and Bay, under the letters patent which had been issued therefor. A contract between the plaintiff of the first part and John Warren and Lester Cross of the second part was then proved, *478under which Warren and…