CHEESMAN v. SATHRE

No. 32769.

45 Wn.2d 193 (1954)

273 P.2d 500

T.A. CHEESMAN, Respondent, v. C.J. SATHRE et al., Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

August 12, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shirley R. Marsh and John F. McCarthy, for appellants.

Ronald Moore and Jerome Walstead (Weiser & Bowles, of counsel), for respondent.


DONWORTH, J.

This lawsuit grew out of a disagreement between two partners who jointly invented a hydraulic shock absorber device called a boomsnub, designed to prevent accidents caused by rigging failures on cranes equipped with heavy booms. The disagreement culminated in the execution by defendant partner of a licensing agreement purporting to convey to the other two defendants here all right to manufacture and sell the device, for which an application for a patent...

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