Myers v. Gerhardt

A.M. Myers and W.H. Drewell, plaintiffs in error, filed a bill in the circuit court of Coles county praying that certain stock in the Myers Manufacturing Company issued to John M. Gerhardt, defendant in error, be canceled and that Gerhardt be made to account for certain moneys advanced to him. Several amended bills were subsequently filed. Gerhardt filed a cross-bill for an accounting under a contract which arose out of the transactions between these several parties, by the terms of which he gave Myers and Drewell the exclusive right to use a certain device developed by him. Answers and…