Independent Harvester Co. v. Tinsman
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Suit by the Independent Harvester Company against Samuel H. Tinsmau. From an adverse decree, complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal challenges a final decree based on a ruling that appellant’s hill failed to state a cause of action in equity.
*936A brief outline will suffice for a background against which to consider the points of assault.
In November, 1909, Tinsman represented to Thompson, appellant’s president, that Tinsman had invented a new cultivator, that he was thoroughly versed in the cultivator art, and that his invention could be patented and could be fully used without infringing any subsisting patents. Thompson was inexpert and without knowledge or information respecting the state of…
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