Myers v. Blinks

Plaintiff brought an action in equity against the executors of the estate of Roseoe Blinks alleging that he had developed a wireless corn planter upon which he had applied for a patent; that certain oral contracts were entered into between himself and Blinks which resulted in the creation of a partnership between them; that Blinks agreed to pay $5,000 for a half interest in the patent and model and that they mutually agreed to attempt to make a contract with some manufacturer who would manufacture and market the machine, or form a corporation for manufacturing and marketing the machine, but…