Johnson v. Forty-Second Street, M. & St. N. Ave. R.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
Til Equity. On bill for injunction. Action by Albert L. Johnson against the Forty-Second Street, Manhatlanvillo & St. Nicholas Avenue Railroad Company for the infringement of letters patent No. 117,198.
1Opinion of the CourtCoxe, J.
This is an equity action for infringement founded upon letters patent No.-117,198, granted to Thomas Newman July 18, 1871, *500for an improvement in switches for horse railroads. The patent is now owned by the complainant. The invention “consists in the combination of an oscillating platform with a movable frog or switch, the platform being arranged within a railroad track so that it can be operated by the weight of the horses or other animals, thereby moving the switch from one track to another.” If a driver, approaching the platform from the direction towards which the free end of the switch…
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