Baltimore & O. R. v. Walter S. Newhall Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore; John C. Rose, Judge. Suit by the Walter S. Newhall Company against the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. From a decree for plaintiff (258 Fed. 650), defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPP, Circuit. Judge.
The appellee, Walter S. Newhall Company, plaintiff below, is the owner of letters patent No. 1,044,230, issued November 12, 1912, for an apparatus for thawing the contents of freight cars which have become frozen. This suit involves its use for thawing cars of coal in that condition. Briefly described, the apparatus consists of a train shed long enough to hold a number of cars and provided with doors for closing its ends. On top of the shed, at an intermediate point, is a blower house, in which air is heated and blown through appropriately arranged ducts or conduits, and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Luten v. Town of LeeDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1913
- Sheffield Car Co. v. Buda Foundry & Mfg. Co.District Court, E.D. Illinois · 1910
- Walter S. Newhall Co. v. Baltimore & O. R.District Court, D. Maryland · 1917
3Cited by1 opinion
- Jamison Cold Storage Door Co. v. Victor Cooler Door Co.District Court, D. Maryland · 1930