Matthews v. Continental Roll & Steel Foundry Co.

GIBSON, District Judge.

After verdict for plaintiffs, the defendant has moved for judgment in its favor upon its motion to that effect made at the trial and reserved by the court, or, in the alternative, for a new trial.

On April 26, 1933, one of the plaintiffs, P. W. Matthews, a mechanical engineer, applied for a patent for a four-high rolling mill, and on October 6, 1936, the patent was granted. On February 26, 1934, he applied for a patent on a flying shear which was granted on February 9, 1937. Prior to. any approach of Matthews to the defendant, interests in the applications had been…