Legal Opinion
General Motors Corp. v. Abell
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 19, 1923No. 1619PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.
Abell sued for defendant’s breach of an alleged contract to take a nonexclusive license to use plaintiff’s' patented invention. The contract declared upon consisted of two papers, plus an alleged waiver “by mutual assent of the parties” of the October 16 time limit stated in the first paper.' These documents were as follows:
“This agreement, made this 24th day of June, 1919, by and between Rollin Abell, of Milton, county of Norfolk and commonwealth of Massachusetts, party of the first part, and the General Motors Corporation, a corporation duly established and existing…
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