National Wire Bound Box Co. v. Healy
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Indiana. Suit in equity by William P. Healy against the National Wire Bound Box Company, Samuel M. Robinson, Richard G. Imvood, and Perry C. Davenberg. Decree for complainant, and defendants appeal.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Indiana. Suit in equity by William P. Healy against the National Wire Bound Box Company, Samuel M. Robinson, Richard G. Imvood, and Perry C. Davenberg. Decree for complainant, and defendants appeal. The decree appealed from orders appellants, within one month of the date of the entry thereof, to execute to appellee, his heirs and assigns, a written assignment of the invention known as “means for making box blanks,” serial number 230,249, and the invention known as “a combined carriage and ‘former’ for wire bound blank…
1Opinion of the CourtGrosscup, Circuit Judge
The decree appealed from is based upon the finding that the appellants Inwood, Eavenberg and Robinson were, at the date of the decree, and during all the time theretofore since the first day of June, 1904, jointly and severally trustees of appellee, and as such trustees, made each and all of the foregoing inventions for, and on behalf of, and for the sole use and benefit of appellee.
The testimony in the case is voluminous, covering 2617 printed pages. The findings of fact by the Master are also voluminous, covering 82 printed pages. The ultimate facts, determinative of whether the decree…
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