Marvel v. Phillips
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
- Appeal from a decree of the Probate Court, dismissing a petition for the conveyance, by the executors of the will of ■William H. Phillips, of certain letters patent to a trustee. The case was heard by Knowlton, J., and reserved for the consideration of the full court; such decree to be entered as law and justice might require. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtAller, J.
The plaintiff, having invented an improvement in conveyors and an improved elevator, for which he had applied for letters patent, assigned his inventions to Phillips, the defendants’ testator, taking from him an agreement in writing, by which Phillips agreed: “1. To pay all expenses of said applications and of obtaining said letters patent of the United States. 2. To manage the business for the joint benefit of both; to advance all funds requisite, but to look to the business for repayment, but to hold full title for the benefit of both until Marvel shall join in a change of title, and to use…
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