Bonsack Mach. Co. v. Elliott
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. These were suits in equity by the Bonsack Machine Company against Henry C. Elliott and by the Bonsack Machine Company and the American Tobacco Company against the National Cigarette Company and others, for infringement of four patents for cigarette machines.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. These were suits in equity by the Bonsack Machine Company against Henry C. Elliott and by the Bonsack Machine Company and the American Tobacco Company against the National Cigarette Company and others, for infringement of four patents for cigarette machines. In the circuit court, certain claims of each patent sued on were sustain ed, .and found to be infringed, and a de.cree was entered for complainants accordingly. 63 Fed. 835. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
SHIPMAN, Circuit Judge.
The Bonsack Machine Company brought a bill in equity in the circuit court for the Southern district of New York against Henry C. Elliott, which charged infringement of four letters patent for cigarette machines, viz.: No. 184,207, granted to the assignees of Albert H. Hook, on November 7, 1876; No. 216,164, granted to Charles G-. Emory and William H. Emory, on June 3,1879, and known as the “Emory belt” patent; No. 238,640, granted to James A. Bonsack, on March 8, 1881; and No. 308,556, granted to Charles G-. Emory, on November 25, 1884, and known as the “packing-bar”…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bonsack Mach. Co. v. ElliotU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1894
3Cited by4 opinions
- Bonsack Mach. Co. v. SmithU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western North Carolina · 1895
- Bonsack Mach. Co. v. UnderwoodU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern North Carolina · 1896
- Bonsack Mach. Co. v. ElliottCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1896
- Smith v. HamiltonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Vermont · 1895