Union Switch & Signal Co. v. Hall Signal Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
This was a suit to restrain the infringement of a patent. Defendants, by demurrer and plea, raised the objection that the court had no jurisdiction.
1Opinion of the Court
TOWNSEND, District Judge.
Counsel agree that the decision of the single question presented by demurrer and plea to this bill depends upon whether certain statements in the opinion of the supreme court of the United States in Re Hohorst, 150 U. S. 653, 14 Sup. Ct. 221, are controlling upon this court in this case. The suit is for infringement of a patent. The defendants claim that the circuit court for the Southern district of New York has no jurisdiction, because they are inhabitants of another state, and are not inhabitants of the state or district within which the suit is brought. The act of…
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- In Re the Louisville UnderwritersSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
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