Binney v. Annan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity praying for a decree to compel the assignment of letters patent, and for an account. The defendants demurred, on the ground of want of jurisdiction. The case was reserved by the chief justice, on bill and demurrer, for the determination of the full court, and is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
The bill states a case which entitles the plaintiff to relief. It sets forth, in substance, that the plaintiff was the proprietor of a new and useful invention for a machine for making paper bags, and that, for the purpose of perfecting the invention and procuring patents therefor, he employed Annan, a skilled mechanic, under a written contract, by which Annan was to labor for the plaintiff in perfecting said machine, to take all necessary steps to patent any inventions or improvements relating to paper bags or any machinery therefor, and to assign to the plaintiff all his rights therein, and…
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