Holmes v. Truman
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. This was an action at law by Irwin J. Truman and C. Osgood Hooker against Henry E, Holmes and M. P. Holmes for infringement of a patent relating to breaking carts. The circuit court entered a judgment for plaintiffs upon the verdict of a jury. Defendants brought error.
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs in error were the de-. fendants in an action in the circuit court, brought against them on *543account of the alleged infringement of United States letters patent JSTo. 232,207, dated September 14, 1880, and issued to T. De Witt C. Putnam, for “an improved breaking cart.” The trial resulted in a judgment for the plaintiffs in the action for the sum of $150, and costs.
Upon the writ of error, it is contended that the court erred in refusing, at the conclusion of the testimony in the case, to instruct the jury to return a verdict for the defendants in the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- West v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Yale Lock Manufacturing Co. v. SargentSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Stanford v. BatesSupreme Court of Vermont · 1850
- Fitch v. BraggU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut · 1883
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