Buffington's Iron Bldg. Co. v. Eustis
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota. Suit by the Buffington’s Iron-Building Company against William EL Eustis. The bill was dismissed, and complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree dismissing a bill brought to recover damages for the infringement of letters patent No. 383,170, issued May 22,1888, to Leroy S. Buffington,for “improvements in iron building construction.” The bill was dismissed on the ground that the appellee was not an infringer because he used no such arrangement of tie beams and girts and no such framing posts as are described and claimed in the patent. The chief contention here is that, if the appellee has not made use of the precise combination of laminated posts, girts, tie beams, and other…
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