Electric Goods Mfg. Co. v. Koltonski

HALE, District Judge.

This case comes before the court on the respondent’s demurrer to the bill in equity. The bill is brought to prevent the prosecution of an action at law upon a written contract which undertakes to guarantee certain payments or royalties to the respondent, in consideration of a license to make and vend lamp sockets under a patent issued to him. The bill is framed with a double aspect. It is directed to obtaining a decree that the respondent is not entitled to royalties or other payments under his alleged contract, for the reason that the contract, properly construed, does…