Getty v. Layne
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Louisiana; George W. Jack, Judge. Suit in equity by Mahlon E. Layne and others against Fred I. Getty. Decree for complainants, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
GRUBB, District Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree of the District Court for the Western District of Louisiana in favor of the plaintiffs in the District Court, the appellees in this court, and against the appellant in this court, who was the defendant in the District Court. The effect of the decree was to sustain the validity of letters patent issued to the appellee, Mahlon E. Layne, May 29, 1906, for a well mechanism and numbered 821,653, and also to find that the defendant had infringed the patent by a patented construction-of his own. The same patent has been twice heretofore passed on…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Van Ness v. LayneCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1914
- El Campo Mach. Co. v. LayneCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1912
3Cited by4 opinions
- Layne & Bowler Corp. v. Western Well Works, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Western Well Works, Inc. v. Layne & Bowler Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1921
- Layne & Bowler Corp. v. American Well & Prospecting Co.District Court, S.D. California · 1924
- Western Well Works, Inc. v. Layne & Bowler Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1921