Underwood v. Warren
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri
In Equity. Exceptions to parts of answer. This is a suit for the infringement of a patent on an improvement on railroad-track drills, invented by the complainant. The bill alleges, in substance, that the patent claimed to have been infringed was issued to the complainant, and Andrew Warren and Perrin Gr.
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In Equity. Exceptions to parts of answer. This is a suit for the infringement of a patent on an improvement on railroad-track drills, invented by the complainant. The bill alleges, in substance, that the patent claimed to have been infringed was issued to the complainant, and Andrew Warren and Perrin Gr. March, the defendants, while they wore doing business together as partners; that their partnership was subsequently dissolved, and that upon its dissolution Warren and March assigned their interests in said patent to complainant for a valuable consideration, and that he then became, and still…
1Opinion of the CourtTreat, J.
The bill alleges that the Underwood patent was issued to Underwood, Warren, and March, each one-third interest. It also avers sundry transactions between the respective parties, wliereby said Warren and March conveyed all their interest therein to plaintiff for full consideration. This court, at its last term, examined at length all of the points substantially involved,2 and. held that the respective parties defendant were estopped from disputing the validity of plaintiff’s right.
The exceptions, without resort to verbal criticism, are directed to the question of estoppel, and, under the…
2Cited by6 opinions
- Siemens-Halske Electric Co. v. Duncan Electric Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1905
- Woodward v. Boston Lasting Mach. Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1894
- Martin & Hill Cash-Carrier Co. v. MartinCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1895
- Woodward v. Boston Lasting Mach. Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1894
- Force v. Sawyer-Boss Mfg. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York · 1901
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