Legal Opinion
Campbell Printing-Press & Manuf'g Co. v. Manhattan Ry. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
Decided March 9, 1892PublishedCited by 12 opinions
In Equity. Suit by the Campbell Printing-Press & Manufacturing Compan y against the Manhattan Railway Company for infringement of a patent. Decree for injunction and an accounting.
1Opinion of the Court
Lacombe, Circuit Judge.
The complainant is the owner of letters patent No. 401,680, granted April 16, 1889, to Edward S. Boynton for a “new and useful improvement in valves for pneumatic pipes or tubes.” The second claim of the patent is:
“(2) In combination with an external pivoted valve, a self-closing device, consisting of a compressive helical spring held within a tubular guide, formed upon or attached to said valve, between ono end of said guide and a stop at the pivotal point of the valve, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. ”
This claim was sustained by Judge Coxe in Campbell…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Birdsell v. ShaliolSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Barnard v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1849
- Morris v. Lowell Manuf'g Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1866
- Bliss v. BrooklynU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York · 1871
- Wells v. GillU.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey · 1872
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Heaton-Peninsular Button-Fastener Co. v. Eureka Specialty Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1896
- Fuller v. BergerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1903
- Continental Paper Bag Co. v. Eastern Paper Bag Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1906
- Wyckoff v. Wagner Typewriter Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1898
- Masseth v. JohnstonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Pennsylvania · 1894
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