Goodyear Shoe Machinery Co. v. Selz, Schwab & Co.

Appellant leased to appellee certain machines, upon which it held letters patent, for sewing shoes and boots. The third paragraph of the lease is as follows :

“Third — The following is the schedule of rents and royalties hereinafter referred to, and which it is understood and agreed is to be paid on each pair of shoes or boots, respectively, made by the aid of these machines or any of them, or by the use of the said patents or any of them, viz.” — Then follows a schedule of rates for different kinds of shoes, varying from two to eight cents per pair.

By the fourth paragraph the lessee agreed to…