Elliott Mach. Co. v. P. B. Appeldoorn's Sons Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Western District of Michigan; Clarence W. Sessions, Judge. Suit by the Elliott Machine Company against the P. B. Appeldoorn’s Sons Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WESTENHAVER, District Judge.
This is a suit for infringement of United States letters patent No. 799,549, issued to William E. Elliott, September 12, 1905. The defenses are invalidity and noninfringement. The court below, being of opinion that claim 4, the only one in issue, should be limited to the specific construction therein described and claimed, held that' it was not infringed and dismissed the bill. From this decree, plaintiff appeals.
*984Elliott’s patent is for certain improvements in a class of button-setting machines which are operated by foot or other power, and in which the .buttons…
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