Collier v. Edwards

POSTER, O.-

The parties appear in this case as they did in the trial court. Tire plaintiff, Henry Collier, a resident of Arkansas, invented a safety alarm device and secured a patent therefor, which, patent covered all of the United States and its territories'. John Guyer, who lived at Bethany, Okla-, and was employed by the Western Union, knew something about electrical machinery and became interested in the device. Guyer also interested one It. A. Rogers and a Ur. Salmon, of Oklahoma City, and these three parties made a contract with Collier in which they agreed to buy his patent for the sum…