Bolte v. Sparks

The opinion of the court was delivered by

West, J.:

The Reversible Self-sharpening Plowshare Company, owning a patent on the invention indicated, sold Sparks an agency for the sale of territory. Sparks was to sell the exclusive right to vend the patented article in certain counties in Oklahoma and Indian Territory, his vendees to purchase the plowshares of the *14company at a sum not exceeding three dollars each. He was to have eighty dollars for each county sold and was to sell twenty counties within one year. It was expressly stated in the contract of agency that it was not intended to vest…