Show CA CATERPILLAR LAR SUIT IS COl CO San Francisco March h 29 Litigation Litigation I 1 Involving patents valued at many mil lion dollars was brought to a close hero here the tho United St States tes district court here today toda with tho the filing of a a. compromise decree in do tho the suits that have been pending between the Holt Manufacturing Manufacturing turing company compan of ot Stockton CaL and tho the C C. C L. L Best Dest Ab Abstraction company of or Alameda Cal Tho The patents involved Imoh hinge on the caterpillar or solf track laying principle that mado the now famous tanks possible In war war- fare rare Under tho the decree signed by United States Judge Van Fleet it was stipulated stipulated that tho the Holt Manufacturing company Is the tho rightful owner of the caterpillar patent The compromise stipulated s that no accounting would be bo required of ot the Best company |