Edison Electric Light Co. v. Westinghouse

The bill in this cause was filed on the 22d day of December, 1886, and contains the usual allegations of infringement by the defendants. On the 4th of April, 1887, the defendants filed a plea and answer, setting up various defenses, but not denying infringement. A replication was duly filed, and upon the record thus far the defendants are conceded infringers. The defendants now move “that the bill of complaint herein be dismissed, for the reason that the corporate existence of the corporation complainant herein terminated on or about the 31st day of December, 1886, by a consolidation and…