Detroit Lubricator Co. v. Lavigne
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne; Donovan, J. Bill by the Detroit Lubricator Company against Joseph P. Lavigne and the Lavigne Manufacturing Company to set aside certain assignments of patents, for an accounting, and for general relief. From an' order sustaining the demurrer of defendant Lavigne Manufacturing Company, complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcAlvay, J.
This is an appeal from an order sustaining a demurrer of the defendant, the Lavigne Manufacturing Co., appellee, to the bill of complaint. Defendant Joseph P. Lavigne answered.
Complainant avers in its bill of complaint that it has been extensively engaged for more than 20 years in the manufacture and sale of lubricating devices for all kinds of machinery; that in 1902 it largely increased its said business in manufacturing and selling lubricators, force feed oil pumps, mixing valves, carburetors, and other devices used in the construction of automobiles and other forms of engines; that it…
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