Kessler v. Eldred
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT. This case comes to this court from the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upon a certificate of that court of questions of law concerning which it desires instructions. Accompanying the certificate is a'statement of facts.
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CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT. This case comes to this court from the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upon a certificate of that court of questions of law concerning which it desires instructions. Accompanying the certificate is a'statement of facts. The statement of the facts and the certificate of the questions of law are as follows: Kessler, a citizen of Indiana, prior to 1898 had built up an extensive business in. the manufacture and sale of electric cigar lighters, and had customers throughout the United States. Eldred, a citizen…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moody
The industry of counsel has not discovered any decision on the exact questions presented by the certificate, and they agree that those questions are not settled by controlling authority. The decision of the case turns upon the effect of the judgment in- the suit which Eldred brought against Kessler. Both manufactured and sold- electric cigar lighters. Eldred, being the owner of a patent issued to one Chambers for an electric lamp lighter, brought a suit against Kessler, in .which it was alleged by the plaintiff and denied by the defendant that the cigar lighters manufactured by Kessler…
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