Mann's Boudoir Car Co. v. Monarch Parlor Sleeping Car Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
In Equity. On bill for injunction.. Bill for injunction by Mann’s Boudoir Car Company to restrain the Monarch Parlor Sleeping Car Company from infringement of letters patent granted William D. Mann for an improvement in compartment cars for railways, and an improved system and apparatus for ventilating railway cars.
1Opinion of the CourtCoxe, J.
The bill alleges the infringement of three letters patent granted to William D. Mann, and now owned by the complainant. The first of these patents, No. 122,622, dated January 9, 1872, is for an improvement in compartment cars for railways. The drawings and specification describe a car constructed on the European model, with isolated compartments, side doors, and a running board for attendants extending entirely around the car. At the end of the car is the porter’s room, which is connected with each compartment by speaking-tubes and wire signal-bolls. A passenger desiring to communicate with…
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