Mariani v. Summers

The plaintiffs bring this suit asserting they are joint adventurers with the defendant Summers (hereafter sometimes styled defendant) in experimenting with, developing and ultimately perfecting a quick operating locking fastener, a device primarily intended for use in aircraft but adaptable to other fields, conceived by the defendant but not then successful functionally or mechanically. In brief, it is the plaintiffs ’ claim that in February, 1938, the plaintiffs and defendant entered into an oral agreement whereby the plaintiffs, engineers and expert tool and die makers, and proprietors of…