Burlingame v. Manchester
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by tbe plaintiff from a decree of tbe Supreme Court of tbe District of Columbia in a suit in equity, dismissing a bill for an injunction; tbe lower court, however, having restrained tbe defendants as prayed during tbe pendency of tbe appeal.
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Hearing on an appeal by tbe plaintiff from a decree of tbe Supreme Court of tbe District of Columbia in a suit in equity, dismissing a bill for an injunction; tbe lower court, however, having restrained tbe defendants as prayed during tbe pendency of tbe appeal. Tbe Court in tbe opinion stated tbe facts as follows: This is a suit in equity begun by Charles I. Burlingame, H. Oscar Huot, and George S. Engle, appellants, -who are hereinafter called plaintiffs; against Arthur Manchester and Harry N. Spooner, appellees, hereinafter called defendants. The suit is to restrain tbe defendants from…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Shepard
Evidence taken by plaintiffs tends to show that defendants Manchester and Spooner were employees of Engle to carry out and develop his inventive ideas. This is contradicted by them, and their -claim is that they were partners of Engle in developing a new battery, and that the means were not disclosed by him, but discovered by them.
Engle refused to disclose the particular invention claimed by him, and directed his witnesses to refrain from disclosing the same when their depositions were taken. It is unimportant to analyze or review this evidence as the case turns upon the question of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Griffith v. DodgsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
- Griffith v. DodgsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905