Penfield v. Chambers Bros. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio. The following is the opinion of the court below (Severens, District Judge): In this case the claims in the complainant's patents which have been made the basis of tbe suit are very numerous, and have required and received prolonged attention.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio. The following is the opinion of the court below (Severens, District Judge): In this case the claims in the complainant's patents which have been made the basis of tbe suit are very numerous, and have required and received prolonged attention. The court has been made impressed with (lie merit of the many inventions of Mr. Cyrus Chambers, Jr., relating to the subject involved, -that of the construction of brick-making machines, — and thinks it just to say that, in its view, he has probably done more than any…
1Opinion of the Court
TAFT, Circuit Judge.
We are much impressed, as the learned judge at the circuit was, with the development in the art of stiff-clay brickmaking, due to the inventive genius of Cyrus Chambers, Jr., the president and manager of the complainant, 'and the paientee of the patents sued on. But we are constrained to consider only the questions which have been brought before us on appeal. We cannot widen *648our investigation to determine whether the defendant, in his machine, has appropriated any of the many devices, elements, or combinations of which Chambers or his assignee, under the numerous patents,…
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