H. W. Johns Manuf'g Co. v. Robertson
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
This was a suit by the H. W. Johns Manufacturing Company against Henry M. Robertson and George T. Sinclair for infringement of a patent. On final hearing.
1Opinion of the Court
TOWNSEND, District Judge.
This case is presented upon final hearing, on the usual bill for injunction for infringement of letters patent No. 257,167, granted to Henry W. Johns May 2, 1882, for improvements in steam packing for steam joints. As the decision of the questions involved chiefly depends upon the construction to be given to the claims in the light of the interpretation of the whole patent, it has seemed desirable to set it out fully. The specification is as follows:
‘Tie it known that I, Henry W. Johns, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, county of New York, and…
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3Cited by2 opinions
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