International Postal Supply Co. v. American Postal Machines Co.

PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.

This is a bill in equity for the alleged infringement of three patents, as follows: The first, issued on May 4, 1886, to George W. Hey and Emil Laass, on an application filed February 26, 1884, No. 341,380; the second, issued on August 21, 1888, to George W. Hey and Emil Laass on an application filed on June 2, 1884, No. 388,866; the third, issued on September 5, 1899, to George W. Hey, on an application filed on September 17, 1884, No. 632,527. The Circuit Court dismissed the bill, and the plaintiff appealed to us, limiting its appeal to the second and third patents,…