American Paper Pail & Box Co. v. National Folding Box & Paper Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York. In Equity. Bill by the National Folding Box & Taper Company against the American Paper Pail & Box Company and Isador Tahl, for infringement of letters patent No. 171,866, granted January 4, 1876, to Reuben Ritter for an improvement in paper boxes. Order granting a preliminary injunction, (48 Fed. Rep. 913,) based on a prior adjudication, (41 Fed. Rep. 139,) from which defendants appeal.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York. In Equity. Bill by the National Folding Box & Taper Company against the American Paper Pail & Box Company and Isador Tahl, for infringement of letters patent No. 171,866, granted January 4, 1876, to Reuben Ritter for an improvement in paper boxes. Order granting a preliminary injunction, (48 Fed. Rep. 913,) based on a prior adjudication, (41 Fed. Rep. 139,) from which defendants appeal. The patent in suit relates to paper boxes and box covers cut out of a single sheet of paper, and known as “knock-down” boxes. They are sold,…
1Opinion of the Court
Shipman, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the defendants from an interlocutory order of the circuit court for the southern district oí New York, which granted a preliminary injunction against the defendants for an infringement of the second claim of letters patent No. 171,-866, dated January 4, 1876, to Reuben Ritter, for an improvement in paper boxes, which are cut out of a single sheet of paper, and in which the sides interlock with each other by means of projecting flaps inserted into slots in the paper. The original adjudication upon the validity of the second claim of the patent was…
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