Westen Mfg. Co. v. Hartford
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the Uniied States for the District of New Jersey. Suit in equity by Edward V. Hartford, George H. Hartford, and the Hartford Suspension Company against the Westen Manufacturing Company and Christian H. Westen. Decree for complainants (172 Fed. 676), and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
GRAY, Circuit Judge.
The appeal in this case is from the decree of the court below in a suit brought for infringement of United States reissue letters patent No. 12,437, granted January 16, 1906, to Edward, V. Hartford and George H. Hartford, upon the invention of J. M. M. Truffault, for frictional retarding means for spring vehicles. The decree declared the letters patent valid and infringed by defendant and ordered' the usual accounting for damages and profits.
The patent is a reissue of original letters patent, No. 695,508, granted March 18, 1902. Its subject matter is thus stated in the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hartford v. MooreU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1910
- Hartford v. HollanderCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1908
- Hartford v. HollanderU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1907
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- Walsh v. Albert Wahle Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1928