Baldwin v. Kresl
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
On Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. This was a suit in equity by J. P. Baldwin and the Miller, Du Brul & Peters Manufacturing Company against Charles Kresl and John H. Mallue for alleged infringement of a patent for cigar molds. The circuit court dismissed the bill, and the complainants have appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
SEAMAK, District Judge.
The complainants appeal from a decree dismissing their bill for want of equity. The bill alleges infringement of letters patent No. 258,940, issued to Frederick C. Miller and Henry C. Peters, June 6, 1882, for an improvement in cigar molds, of which J. F. Baldwin is owner, and the other complainant is exclusive licensee. A single claim is stated in the patent, as follows:
*824“The combination, in a.'cigar mold, of the lid, having at its extreme end an outer bearing and turning point, resting on the lower part of the mold, extended beyond the end cup or matrix a sufficient…
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