Excelsior Wooden Pipe Co. v. City of Seattle
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the District of Washington.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
This was a suit in equity, from the averments of the amended bill, in which it appears that one Charles P. Allen was the inventor of a hooped pipe composed of wooden staves, the .cross-joints being interlocked by concealed metallic tongues of novel construction and arrangement, the hoop of the pipe being composed of a novel strap bolt, coupling-shoe, and means for engaging them, for which invention letters patent were duly issued on the 22d day of March, 1887, granting and securing to Allen, his heirs and assigns, for the full term of 17 years from that date, the exclusive…
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