Smith & Griggs Manufacturing Co. v. Sprague
Supreme Court of the United States
In equity, for infringement of letters-patent. Decree in favor of the complainant; 12 Fed. Rep. 721. From this decree an appeal was taken. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matthews
This is a bill in equity for an injunction and account based upon the alleged infringement by the appellant of letters-patent No. 228,136, dated May 25, 1880, and letters-patent No. 231,199, dated August 17, 1880, for improvements in machines for making buckle-levers, issued to Leonard A. Sprague, the appellee. The defences relied on are, 1st, a denial of the infringement alleged in respect to the fifth claim of patent No. 228,136 and the first and fourth claims of patent No. 231,199; -2d, as to all the other claims of both, that a machine embodying them was in public use for more than two…
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