Petroleum Anchor Equipment, Inc. v. Tyra

CALVERT, Chief Justice.

This is an action by Petroleum Anchor Equipment, Inc., a Mississippi corporation, against William D. Tyra and wife to cancel certain written assignments from Petroleum to Luther S. Fite and from Fite to Tyra purporting to transfer title to an invented device for anchoring pipelines and to recover the title thereto. Following trial to a jury, the trial court rendered judgment that the plaintiff take nothing. The court of civil appeals has affirmed. 410 S.W.2d 238. We reverse the judgments of the courts below and render judgment for Petroleum. Earlier opinions of the…