Matarese v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 1946-12-10

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CLARK, Circuit Judge. This appeal raises the issue whether a corporation may be required to pay the reasonable value of the use of certain inventive ideas disclosed by an employee ta an agent of the corporation in the expectation of payment where an express contract fails for want of proof of the agent’s authority. Here the plaintif…

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