United States Consol. Seeded Raisin Co. v. Chaddock & Co.
Decision Date | 03 November 1909 |
Docket Number | 1,736. |
Citation | 173 F. 577 |
Parties | UNITED STATES CONSOL. SEEDED RAISIN CO. v. CHADDOCK & CO. |
Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Ninth Circuit |
John H Miller, William K. White, and Horace G. Platt, for appellant.
L. L Cory, for appellee.
Before GILBERT and MORROW, Circuit Judges, and HUNT, District Judge.
GILBERT Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).
The appellee has moved to dismiss the appeal on the ground that the appellant by its written agreement had relinquished its right to appeal from the decree. It is shown that after the cause had been argued and submitted in the court below, and before the decision thereof, the appellee, together with E G. Chaddock, E. L. Chaddock, and John Chaddock, as parties of the first part, entered into an agreement with the appellant as party of the second part, in which, after referring to the patents of the respective parties, it was recited that:
'Whereas, many conflicting claims have arisen between the holders and owners of said respective patents, and which have resulted in litigation, which is expensive and otherwise injurious to the business and interests of the respective parties hereto, and it is the desire of said respective parties hereto to make and enter into an arrangement whereby and during its continuance there would be an amicable arrangement and adjustment between them of their respective controversies, and in the hope of a final, just, and amicable settlement of all disputes and differences.'
In the agreement it was covenanted that so long as the parties of the first part shall deal exclusively in, and shall purchase, sell, and handle, only seeded raisins seeded, processed, and packed by the party of the second part, and no other, the parties of the first part do lease and demise unto the party of the second part, for a term of three years, the Chaddock raisin seeding plant at an annual rental of $15,000, provided, however, that, should the said suit then pending and undecided be decided in favor of the appellee, the annual rental should be $20,000. Then follows this proviso:
But the appellant points to the machine made under the letters patent granted to E. L....
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