Wise v. Grand Avenue Ry. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Missouri
In Equity. On demurrer to bill.
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
In this case the objections taken to the complaint are threefold and as follows: First, that the complaint- does not contain any matter of equitable cognizance; second, that the complaint does not show in what the alleged invention of the complainant consists; and, third, that the bill does not show that the validity of the alleged patent has as yet been established at law.
The first and third objections to the bill are untenable. The complainant seeks an injunction to restrain an alleged infringement of letters patent, and, as an incident of such relief, he also prays for a discovery and an…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Root v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Cochrane v. DeenerSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Sickles v. Gloucester Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania · 1856
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