Frick v. Crisp

BYERS, District Judge.

In this cause in equity, the plaintiffs allege that the defendant infringes patent No. 1,896,774 for a “liquid atomizer.” The device is a metal oil burner, in which' fuel oil is broken up into a mist so as to be ignited.

The plaintiff Frick is the patentee, and the corporate plaintiff holds the exclusive license to make, use and sell throughout the United States.

The defendant Crisp was formerly the Vice-president of the corporate plaintiff, and when engaged in its business he met the patentee who was the chief engineer on an oil-burning vessel; the latter had encountered…