American Cable Ry. Co. v. Mayor of New York
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
This was a suit by the American Cable Railway Company against the mayor, aldermen, and commonalty of the city of New York and the city of Brooklyn for alleged infringement of a patent relating to an improvement in cable railways.
1Opinion of the Court
WHEELER, District Judge.
This suit was brought for infringement on the New York and Brooklyn bridge of patent No. 271,727, dated February 6, 1888, and granted to Daniel J. Miller for an improvement in cable railways for raising the cable to the grip, alleged to have been assigned May 14,1888, by Miller to Otis S. Horton; by him, July 10,1888, to the Cable Construction Company; and by that company, February 25,1888, to the orator, — by instruments in writing recorded in the patent office. Certified copies from the patent office were put in evidence for proof of the assignments. On hearing…
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- Mayor of New York v. American Cable Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1894
- American Cable Ry. Co. v. Mayor of New YorkU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1893
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