Pharis v. Moline Plow Co.

There are two questions involved in this casé, first, are the' appellees entitled to have the contract reformed; second, are the appellants entitled in this action to show the invalidity of the patents involved in the contract as a defense to the accounting prayed.

The evidence shows that the appellees were having the National Manure Spreaders manufactured elsewhere and sold at a considerable profit and that appellants solicited the exclusive right to make the manure spreaders under the invention of appellees and under any new devices for which appellees might obtain patents thereafter during…