Legal Opinion
Wallace & Tiernan Co. v. City of Syracuse
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 5, 1930No. 89PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
Wallace & Tiernan, as exclusive licensee of a patent for a process for purifying water, sued the city of Syracuse for infringement, and got an interlocutory decree referring the damages to a master. The city had used the patent in two installations, one at its city water supply, and the other at a swimming pool at one of its public schools. All the apparatus in question installed at the water supply was necessary to practice the process, but only 28 per cent, of that installed at the. pool. The plaintiff had bid upon both jobs, $1,400 for the water supply, and $1,825…
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