Rumford Chemical Works v. Vice
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York
[These were bills in equity by the Rumford Chemical Works against Thomas C. Vice and various other defendants for the infringement of letters patent No. 14,722, granted to E. N. Horsford, April 22, 1856; reissued June 9, 1868, No. 2,979. Heard on motions for preliminary injunctions.]
1Opinion of the Court
BENEDICT, District Judge.
These actions come before the court upon motions for preliminary injunctions. There are many actions, similar in character, brought by the same plaintiffs, who, as assignees of Eben Norton Horsford, are the owners of a patent for self-raising flour, made by the use of an acid phosphate of lime, and to be employed *1356as a. substitute for leaven or ferment in the making of bread. The defendants are, with one exception, grocers, who are charged with selling a self-raising flour such as is described in the plaintiffs’ patent, to families where the same is used solely for the…
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