Gorham Manuf'g Co. v. Watson
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
This was a suit by the Gorham Manufacturing Company against Clarence L. Watson, the Watson & Newell Company, and others, for infringement of a patent. The cause was heard on demurrer to the bill for want of jurisdiction.
1Opinion of the Court
COLT, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit brought in the district of Massachusetts for the enforcement of a patent right. The complainant is a citizen and inhabitant of Rhode Island. The defendant corporation is also a citizen and inhabitant of Rhode Island, and has appeared specially and demurred to the bill upon the ground of want of jurisdiction. This demurrer raises the question whether the act of March 3, 1887 (24 Stat. 552), as corrected by the act of August 13, 1888 (25 Stat. 433), is applicable to suits for the enforcement of a patent right, brought against a citizen or inhabitant of the…
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