Shaw Electric Crane Co. v. Shriver
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This cause comes here upon an appeal by complainant from a decree of the circuit court, Southern district of New iork, entered March 16, 1897, dismissing the hill. The suit was brought for infringement of letters patent of the United States, No. 430,487, granted to Alton J. Shaw, June 17, 1890, for an electric crane.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This cause comes here upon an appeal by complainant from a decree of the circuit court, Southern district of New iork, entered March 16, 1897, dismissing the hill. The suit was brought for infringement of letters patent of the United States, No. 430,487, granted to Alton J. Shaw, June 17, 1890, for an electric crane. The patent came first before Judge Acheson, sitting in the district of New Jersey, in a suit by the same complainant against Henry B. Worthington, incorporated, charging infringement of the…
1Per curiam
The record is a most voluminous one, covering 1,700 printed pages. Six experts of unquestioned ability have been examined, three on a side. The briefs are able, ingenious, and exhaustive; and yet, when the record has been read, the briefs studied, and the testimony of the experts analyzed, it is apparent: that the question presented is, after all, a single one, which may be answered without any extended discussion. Indeed, it seems unnecessary to add anything to the brief opinion of the court in the district of New Jersey.
The claims in question are:
“(1) In combination with a supporting track,…
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