Legal Opinion
Smith v. General Foundry MacH. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 6, 1949No. 5840PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal was taken from a summary judgment based upon the pleadings, affidavits and admissions filed by the parties whereby the District Court, finding no material issue of fact, held that the defendants had not infringed United States patent No. 1,811,980 for drying house granted to Forrest H. Smith on June 30, 1931, or United States patent No. 2,051,348 for drying house issued to Forrest H. Smith ón August 18, 1936.
The patents relate to tobacco barns for curing tobacco and describe improvements upon the long used system whereby tobacco, hung on sticks in the barn or…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Miller v. Eagle Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Smith v. SnowSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Frederick Hart & Co. v. Recordgraph CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1948
- Royal Typewriter Co. v. Remington Rand, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
- Florence-Mayo Nuway Co. v. HardyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1948
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Gustav H. Bobertz, Jr. v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1955
- George Scharmer v. Carrollton Manufacturing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975
- Morpul, Inc. v. Glen Raven Knitting Mill, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
- Technitrol, Inc. v. Control Data CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
- Graphicana Corporation v. Baia CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
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