Charter Gas Engine Co. v. Charter

Appellee brought this suit upon a contract alleged to have been made and entered into with him by appellant, and set out in his declaration as follows:

“The Charter Gas Engine Company, a.corporation of Sterling, Illinois, and John Charter, of same'place, in settlement of all questions of royalties, and in lieu of all former contracts between them on the subject, do hereby mutually agree as follows:

Charter hereby grants to said company the exclusive right to manufacture and sell within and throughout the United States and the territories thereof, and in all countries where patents have not been…