Consolidated Fruit-Jar Co. v. Whitney

NIXON, District Judge.

The bill of complaint was filed in this case, originally, against Thomas H. Whitney and Samuel A. Whitney. It sets forth, in substance, that on the 30th of March, 1S5S, one John L. Mason, obtained from the United States, letters patent, No. 10,786 for “an improved lathe chuck;” that on the 23d of November, of the same year, letters patent No. 22,120 for “improvement in moulds for making bottles” were granted to him, and on the following 30th of November, letters patent, No. 22,186, for “improvement in screw neck bottles,” the right and title to which several patents, by…