Capital Sheet-Metal Co. v. Kinnear & Gager Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio. This was a suit in equity by the Kinnear & Gager Company against the Capital Sheet-Metal Company for alleged infringement of a patent for improvements, in metallic ceilings. The circuit court rendered a decree for complainant (81 Fed. 491), and the defendant has appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
SEVERENS, District Judge.
This is a suit in equity, brought by the Kinnear & Gager Company, the appellee here, against the Capital Sheet-Metal Company, the appellant, complaining of the infringement of the rights secured by letters patent No. 388,285 to William R. Kinnear, issued August 21, 1888, which were subsequently assigned to the appellee. The patent was for improvements in metallic ceilings, and relates specifically to the form of panels used for that purpose. The second claim of this patent, which is the only one in controversy here, is this:
“(2) In a ceiling such as described, panels…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Kilbourne v. W. Pingham Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1892
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