Setzer
Setzer v. All Steel Engines, Inc.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Woodfred, J.
In this action, based upon a contingent feé contract, plaintiff asserts a one-fourth interest in certain" properties acquired by All Steel Engines, Inc., and George A. Selig from Taylor Engines, Inc., allegedly acquired as a “recovery” by "way of settlement, upon a judgment against Taylor Engines which defendant Fred A. Watkins, as, attorney for Selig and All Steel, obtained and plaintiff and Watkins were thereafter employed, as attorneys, to enforce.
The judgment, obtained by All Steel and Selig against Lloyd Taylor, Taylor Engines and certain officers of Taylor Engines, decreed and declared: .(1) Selig owns a one-half interest in certain patents; (2) All Steel has an exclusive license to make, use and sell under these patents; (3) Taylor Engines et al. have infringed the rights of Selig and All Steel by entering into a contract with Crosley Motors, Inc., in connection with the invention covered by these patents; (4) a perpetual injunction shall issue restraining further infringement; (5) All Steel to recover damages suffered and profits which Taylor Engines et al. have made by their infringements; (6) that an accounting be had; and (7) that Lloyd Taylor (who had defaulted) pay…