Legal Opinion

Portland Gold Mining Co. v. Hermann

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided January 13, 1908No. 2,539PublishedCited by 12 opinions

In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado.

1Opinion of the Court

PHILIPS, District Judge.

The defendant in error (hereinafter •designated the plaintiff) sued the ¡ilaintiff in error (hereinafter designated the defendant), a mining corporation, for damages for the infringement of letters patent, No. 719,942, issued February 3, 1903, entitled “Apparatus for Screening, Washing, and Assorting Ores.” On trial to a jury the issues were found for the plaintiff on the fourth claim of the patent, and the damages were assessed at $1.

The first insistence of defendant is that the petition counts on damages for profits, which are not recoverable in an action at law, as…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Cimiotti Unhairing Co. v. American Fur Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1905
  2. Thompson v. BoisselierSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  3. Gardner v. HerzSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  4. Beecher Manufacturing Co. v. Atwater Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1885
  5. Mallon v. William C. Gregg & Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1905

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. R. M. Hollingshead Co. v. Bassick Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1934
  2. Dunkley Co. v. Central California CanneriesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1925
  3. Union Match Co. v. Diamond Match Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1908
  4. Ford Motor Co. v. Gordon Form Lathe Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1937
  5. Gray v. Texas Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1935

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