Brown Hoisting & Conveying Mach. Co. v. King Bridge Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio. This is a suit in equity upon a bill filed by the appellant, the Brown Hoisting & Conveying Machine Company, complaining of the infringement by the King Bridge Company, the appellee, of rights secured by letters patent No. 300,680, issued by the United States June 17, 1884, to Alexander E. Brown, the assignor of complainant, for improvements in hoisting and convoying machines.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio. This is a suit in equity upon a bill filed by the appellant, the Brown Hoisting & Conveying Machine Company, complaining of the infringement by the King Bridge Company, the appellee, of rights secured by letters patent No. 300,680, issued by the United States June 17, 1884, to Alexander E. Brown, the assignor of complainant, for improvements in hoisting and convoying machines. The bill is in the usual form. The answer denies that thei;e was any novelty in the supposed invention, or that-it exhibits…
1Opinion of the CourtSeyerens, Circuit Judge
This case was decided by Judge TAFT shortly before bis resignation, and in consequence of the pressure of other duties no written opinion was filed by him. We have nothing in the record, therefore, to inform us of the ground of his decision. But we w ; advised by counsel at the hearing that it was' understood to be that the supposed invention was not new, having been anticipated. It will be convenient to take up this question first. The invention professes to be of improvements in hoisting and conveying apparatus. The machine, so called, is of large dimensions and is of a kind used…
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