Union Steam-Pump Co. v. Battle Creek Steam-Pump Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan. The bill of complaint in this cause charges the Infringement of rights secured by letters patent Nos. 428,672 and 431,045, issued to Richard D. Frost, as assignor to the Union Manufacturing Company, a name by which the complainant was formerly known, it having been since changed by amendment of its articles of incorporation.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan. The bill of complaint in this cause charges the Infringement of rights secured by letters patent Nos. 428,672 and 431,045, issued to Richard D. Frost, as assignor to the Union Manufacturing Company, a name by which the complainant was formerly known, it having been since changed by amendment of its articles of incorporation. The first of these patents is dated May 27, 1890, and the second July 1, 1890. Both relate to the construction of steam engines, and particularly to the valves by which the admission…
1Opinion of the CourtSeverens, Circuit Judge
It appears from the opinion of the learned judge who heard this case at the circuit, that some stress was there laid upon a decree sup*339posed to hare been rendered in a former suit relating to their respective patents between these companies while they were doing business under other names, as mentioned in the preceding statement, wherein the Frost patents, Nos. 428,072 and 431,045, were declared to be invasions of rights secured by the Marsh patent, No. 394,656. The court seems to have regarded the decree in that case as settling for these parties certain questions now involved. Probably the…
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