Legal Opinion
Priebe & Sons Co. v. Hunt
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 4, 1951No. 14223PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARDNER, Chief Judge.
This appeal is from a judgment holding Hunt Patent No. 2,300,157, for “Feather-Picking Apparatus for Fowls and the Like,” valid and infringed by certain chicken-picking machines used by appellant but built by others. The parties will be referred to as they were designated in the trial court.
Plaintiff Anna May Hunt, Administratrix, is the owner and plaintiff Greenbrier Company is the licensee of the Hunt patent. The defendant is a poultry processor. Defendant challenged the validity of the patent, denied infringement, and affirmatively pleaded patent misuse. By stipulation…
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