Zittlosen Mfg. Co. v. Boss
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri; David P. Dyer, Judge. Suit in equity by William Boss, doing business as the Specialty Manufacturing Company, against the Zittlosen Manufacturing Company. Decree for complainant, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
TRIEBER, District Judge.
The appellee, plaintiff below, instituted this action to enjoin the appellant, defendant in the court below, from infringing his letters patent No. 701,255, issued May 27, 1902, No. 829,943, issued September 4, 1906, and No. 1,039,355, issued September 24, 1912, for improvements in grass catchers for lawn mowers, and also unfair competition of the trade-name “Easy Emptying.”
The defendant, in its answer, denied that the plaintiff was the first original and sole inventor of the devices set forth in the letters patent, and that they had not been- in public use in the…
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