Legal Opinion
Bowers v. Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of West Virginia
Decided November 19, 1907No. 95PublishedCited by 5 opinions
In Equity. On plea to amended bill.
1Opinion of the Court
KELEER, District Judge.
The object of the plea is to compel the plaintiff to join as a party plaintiff the Bowers Southern Dredging Company, upon the ground that the latter company owns what amounts to an exclusive license within the territory described in the amended bill as that wherein the acts of infringement stated in the bill are alleged to have occurred. The amended bill, in paragraphs 20, 21, and 22, under the provisions of equity rule 21, makes the following statement and avoidance of one of the supposed defenses to the bill:
“(20) And your orator further shows unto your honors that it…
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