Parsons v. Seelye
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
This was a suit in equity by Henry Parsons against Nelson H. Seelye for alleged infringement of a patent.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
This suit is for infringement of letters patent No. 368,108, issued August 9, 1887, to Henry Parsons, for a machine for cutting leather or other materials. The defenses are noninfringement and invalidity. The "invention relates to that class of leather-cutting, power-driven machines termed ‘beam cutters’ or ‘beam cutting machines’ or ‘beam cutting presses,’ in which the sides of leather, or sheets of leather board, or other material to be cut, are spread out upon a cutting block supported by a bed that is vertically adjustable; such material being cut by a die that is…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Westinghouse v. Boyden Power Brake Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Heap v. GreeneCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1899
3Cited by1 opinion
- Parsons v. SeelyeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1900