Noonan v. Chester Park Athletic Club Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio. This is a hill to restrain the infringement of patents No. 332,762 and No. 367,252, both issued to La Marcus A. Thompson. The first is for certain improvements in gravity switch-hack railways, and the second is for improvements in elevated gravity and cable railroads.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio. This is a hill to restrain the infringement of patents No. 332,762 and No. 367,252, both issued to La Marcus A. Thompson. The first is for certain improvements in gravity switch-hack railways, and the second is for improvements in elevated gravity and cable railroads. The complainant, Noonan, is the assignee of Thompson of the exclusive right under said patents of a limited territory, which includes the county of Hamilton, in the state of Ohio. The defendants are the Chester Park Athletic Club Company, a…
1Opinion of the CourtBurton, Circuit Judge
*911. The evidence by which it is sought to connect the defendants Lilley and Devere with the purchase by complainant of an interest under the Thompson patents involved, for the purpose of estopping them, and through them the corporation of which they are members, is insufficient to in any way affect the disposition of any question involved in the case.
2. Thompson, the inventor and assignor of complainant, is the president of the defendant corporation, and is undoubtedly affected by the estoppel growing out of his assignment. Without deciding, we shall, for the purposes of this case, assume that…
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