Legal Opinion
Thomson-Houston Electric Co. v. Bullock Electric Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
Decided May 3, 1900PublishedCited by 4 opinions
.In Equity. Suit for infringement of patents. On final hearing.
1Opinion of the Court
•WHEELER, District Judge.
This suit is brought upon patents Nos. 283,167, dated August 14,1883, for a magnetic field in an electric switch, to dissipate the arc found by breaking the circuit, and 401,085, dated. April 9, 1889, for a shield of insulating material to control the place1 of the arc, granted to Elihu Thomson, and owned by the plaintiff. The defendant the electric manufacturing company is a corporation of Ohio. The defendant the electric company is a firm in New York, having offices at 220 Broadway.
The act of March 3, 1897 (29 Stat. 695), provides:
“That in suits brought for the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Thomson-Houston Electric Co. v. Nassau Electric R.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York · 1899
3Cited by4 opinions
- Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co. v. International Plastic Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1947
- Henderson v. Richardson Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1928
- Chadeloid Chemical Co. v. Chicago Wood Finishing Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1910
- Rosenbluth v. Hudson Motor Car Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1920