Sage v. Oil Country Specialties Manufacturing Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

Plaintiffs, R. W. Sage and H. S. Boughner, brought this action against the Oil Country Specialties Manufacturing Company to recover royalties upon a chain-driven sand reel manufactured by defendant under an agreement with plaintiffs, and also to recover $10,000 on the ground that defendant had made and sold competitive sand reels of a similar kind embodying the principles of the patented invention of plaintiff’s reel, and had sold a number of them in contravention of its agreement with the plaintiffs, for which they asked judgment.…