Bryan & Co. v. Scurlock
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Black Hawk District Court. — C. W. Mullan, Judge. The plaintiffs claim that they and the defendants, other than Muehl, were joint adventurers in an attempt to produce a device to transmit the power used in operating a motor vehicle equally to both driving wheels; that Muehl was employed to further said joint venture, and generally employed to give the parties the benefit of his experience as an expert mechanical engineer and as an inventor; that, during the…
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Appeal from Black Hawk District Court. — C. W. Mullan, Judge. The plaintiffs claim that they and the defendants, other than Muehl, were joint adventurers in an attempt to produce a device to transmit the power used in operating a motor vehicle equally to both driving wheels; that Muehl was employed to further said joint venture, and generally employed to give the parties the benefit of his experience as an expert mechanical engineer and as an inventor; that, during the employment, Muehl made certain discoveries; that he and the other defendants converted the same to their own use, by…
1Opinion of the CourtSalinger, J.
1. Joint adventures : rights, duties, and liabilities: wrongful conversion. 2. Principal and agent: rights, duties, and liabilities: agent converting subject-matter of employment. I. Appellants insist strenuously that the evidence does not sustain the decree as entered. This presents a question of fact. As the printed record consists of more than 400 pages, it is utterly impracticable, within the limits of an opinion, even to epitomize it, and to do so would help no one. The evidence has been read with the utmost care, and with the attention that the large interests involved demand. We have…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Solomons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Dalzell v. Dueber Watch Case Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Hapgood v. HewittSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Gill v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Goss v. LaninSupreme Court of Iowa · 1915
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Dunham v. Des Moines Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1949
- National Development Co. v. GrayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Bryan & Co. v. ScurlockSupreme Court of Iowa · 1920