Davis v. A. H. Reid Creamery & Dairy Supply Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Suit in equity by Maud R. Davis, administratrix, and others, against the A. H. Reid Creamery & Dairy Supply Company. Decree for defendant, and complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
CROSS, District Judge.
This is a suit in equity alleging infringement on the part of the appellee of patent No. 521,104 issued to one D'aniel -J. Davis, June 5, 1894, for a centrifugal separator for liquids. At final hearing the court below, in an opinion reported in 187 Fed. 157, dismissed the bill of complaint on the ground that the patent, in view of the prior art, was invalid. The patent contains several claims, of which the first only is in issue. It is as follows:
“1. In centrifugal separators for liquids, the combination with the drum having an elongated neck with an outlet therein, of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Davis v. A. H. Reid Creamery & Dairy Supply Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania · 1911
3Cited by1 opinion
- Tompkins v. St. Regis Paper Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1916