Legal Opinion

Cutcheon v. Herrick

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts

Decided September 9, 1892No. 2,882PublishedCited by 6 opinions

In Equity. Bill by James C. Cutcheon and others against George W. Herrick and others for infringement of patent. Decree for complainants.

1Opinion of the Court

Colt, Circuit Judge.

The present suit is for the infringement of letters patent No. 384,898, issued June 19, 1888, to the complainants, as assignees of James C. Cutcheon. The patent is for an improvement in beating-out machines. These machines are used to give the sole of a shoe the requisite curve or contour. Originally this was done by the cobbler holding the shoe between his knees, and beating the sole with a flat-faced hammer. In the operation of these beating-out machines three motions are necessary,—the motion of pressure, the motion of clearance, and the motion of removal. The first…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Bresnahan v. Tripp Giant Leveller Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1896
  2. Bresnahan v. Tripp Giant Leveller Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1900
  3. Bresnahan v. Tripp Giant Leveller Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1900
  4. Tripp Giant Leveler Co. v. RogersDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1894
  5. Tripp Giant Leveller Co. v. BresnahanU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1895

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