Legal Opinion

Union Paper-Bag Mach. Co. v. Crane

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts

Decided October 6, 1874PublishedCited by 8 opinions

[This was a bill in equity by the Union Paper-Bag Machine Co. against Luther Crane and others.]

1Opinion of the Court

LOWELL, District Judge.

The bill is brought under section 58 of the consolidated patent act of 1870 (16 Stat. 207), alleging that the complainant owns a patent [No. 134,244] granted to it Dec. 24. 1872, as assignee of Lorenzo D. Benner, for an improvement' in paper bags, of which said Benner was the original and first inventor; that the defendants hold a patent [No. 123,811], dated Feb. 20, 1872, for an improvement alleged to have been invented by Luther C. Crowell; that the patents interfere; and the complainant prays that the patent ot the defendants may be declared void. The answer denies…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Whipple v. MinerDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1883
  2. Covert v. CovertU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western New York · 1901
  3. Forche v. GieselerMichigan Court of Appeals · 1989
  4. Illingworth v. AthaU.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey · 1890
  5. Lambert v. Dempster Bros.District Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1940

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