Waugh v. Q. & C. Co.

EYAN A. EYANS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs (appellants herein) brought this suit for an accounting to recover the amount due them for legal services. A brief.statement of the facts which led up to this litigation is necessary to understand the contract, which established plaintiffs! right to compensation and fixed and determined the amount thereof.

About 1902, the railroads of the country began to use antirail creeping devices .in ever-increasing numbers. The growth of the industry was accompanied by the appearance of numerous novel types for which patents were obtained from the government.…