Comptograph Co. v. Burroughs Adding Mach. Co.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
In Equity. Suit by the Comptograph Company against the Burroughs Adding Machine Company. On demurrer and exceptions.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, District Judge.
Hearing on demurrer and exceptions. This is the second suit between the parties, and is brought to cancel a license contract. The first action was an ordinary infringement case on the Felt patent, No. 628,176, in which defendant pleaded the license. Issue was joined on the plea and testimony taken on the theory that defendant had by its conduct renounced the license, and that complainant had elected to accept such renunciation, thus in effect canceling the license by agreement. The parties being citizens of different states, and the necessary jurisdictional amount…
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