Benedict v. Hall Manufacturing Co.

GRImm, J.-

-In May, 1929, the appellee (plaintiff) filed his action at law against the appellant (defendant) to recover $180,000 for royalties under a contract with the appellant’s assignor, J, S. Hall. The petition also seeks to recover for alleged profits claimed to be due the appellee from the manufacture of patented pulley blocks and for damages for alleged fraud on the part of the appellant in manufacturing and selling a different pulley block from that described in the appellee’s contract with the appellant.

The appellant answered said petition, and also filed a counterclaim, alleging…