D. M. Steward Mfg. Co. v. Steward
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM HAMILTON. Appeal from Chancery Court- of Hamilton Connty. T. M. McConnell, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McAlister
These consolidated canses are before the court on the appeal of the defendant, D. M. Steward. The only question now submitted for our determination is whether the said Steward is liable to the complainant corporation for certain profits made by him in the sale of acetylene gas burners, a mechanical contrivance invented by him while manager of said corporation, or whether the profits arising from said source Avere the individual property of Steward.
The original bill, filed June 15, 1899, alleged that from March 1, 1898, to March 1, 1899, large quantities of gas tips that were manufactured by…
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