Otis Elevator Co. v. Kaestner & Hecht Co.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
In Equity. Suits by the Otis Elevator Company and by the Sprague Electric Company and the Otis Elevator Company against the Kaest-ner & Hecht Company. Decree for defendant in one suit, and for complainants in the other two.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, District Judge.
Infringement suits on patents for control of elevator operation. The first suit was brought in January, 1911, on patent to Frank E. Herdman, No. 548,830, issued October 29, 1895; the second was brought in January, 1911, on the patent to August Sundh, No. 861,197, issued July 23, 1907; and the last brought in February, 1911, on the patent Issued to Frank J. Sprague, March 20, 1906, No. 815,756.
[1] Suit No. 30,295, on Sundh Patent. I adopt the description of counsel for defendant in their brief in the Sundh suit, as preliminary to a consideration of these three cases:
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- Miller v. Eagle Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Cantrell v. WallickSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Morley Sewing MacHine Co. v. LancasterSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Thomson-Houston Electric Co. v. Ohio Brass Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1897
- Century Electric Co. v. Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1911
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