Legal Opinion
James Heddon's Sons v. American Fork & Hoe Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 4, 1945No. 9842PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONS, Circuit Judge.
Some 30 or 35 years ago golf club manufacturers began substituting tubular steel shafts for the conventional hickory shafts in golf clubs. It was thought as disclosed by Knight in his patent No. 976,267, that hickory offered but small resistance to tortional strain, causing the club head to twist upon impact, and so to make the flight of the driven ball uncertain and irregular. Knight, among others, observed, the need .of suppleness in a golf shaft to suit the taste of the individual player, some preferring it to be near the head and others near the middle of the shaft,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Potts v. CreagerSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Paramount Publix Corp. v. American Triergon Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Haughey v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Cleveland Punch & Shear Works Co. v. E. W. Bliss Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1944
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- Knight-Morley Corp. v. Ajax Mfg. Corp.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1948