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Show WANTS OPTION CANCELED. Inventor of Coking' Process Says Ho Wos Imposed Upon. Spaulding's process of coking coal is mado tile subjoct of a lawsuit In tho District court. George B. McDonald Is the defendant and Charles F. Spauldlng the plaintiff. Spaulding claims he has been defrauded by the defendant. The complaint alleges that Spaulding was tho owner of tho patent right for his process. On tho 23rd of May he entered en-tered Into an agreement with McDonald McDon-ald and ono M. H. Krlobcl, allowing thorn an option for $1. to purchase his patent for J350.000. Tho option expired sixty days from May 23. Subsequently McDonald presented to Spaulding at his office a paper executing an option. Ho told Spaulding that ho had a salo of tho process pendlnir with tho H. C. Frlck Coke company. He said It was necessary to send them a paper showing ho had an option. Spauldlng says he would not havo signed tho paper If ho had not been told that Krlebel was an Interested party, and that McDonald needed tho paper to push hir. deal thr6ugh. Thoso statements, says tho plaintiff, were false. Ho says ho novor intended to give an unlimited option on his patent. pat-ent. Ho has demanded tho cancellation of the paper on tho records of tho United States Patent office. McDonald has refused re-fused and threatens to hold the paper. Ho thereby prevents Spaulding from using us-ing his Invention. Spaulding asks that tho court decree that the paper be declared null and void since tho tlmo for which he Intended tho option to last has passed. Ho asks that tho defendant be required to surrender the papor. |