Legal Opinion

Malleable Iron Range Co. v. Lee

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided January 6, 1920No. 2687PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Suit in equity by Fred E. Lee, administrator of the estate of Arthur K. .Beckwith, deceased, against the Malleable Iron Range Company. Decree for complainant, and defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

EVAN A. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

By the terms of the decree appealed from appellant, on an accounting for infringing patent No. 787,425, to Arthur K. Beckwith, upheld by the District Court (174 Fed. 1001), and by this court (189 Fed. 74, 110 C. C. A. 638), was ordered to pay $78,816.67 damages, $12,282.26 interest, $15,763.33 punitive'damages, or a total of $106,862.26, besides the costs of the suit. An asserted lack of evidence to support the findings is the chief complaint of appellant.

The patent in suit covers a right-hand contact reservoir for a kitchen range. While reservoirs attachable to…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Root v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
  2. Dowagiac Manufacturing Co. v. Minnesota Moline Plow Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
  3. Coupe v. RoyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  4. The Suffolk Company v. HaydenSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
  5. Packet Co. v. SicklesSupreme Court of the United States · 1874

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. K. W. Ignition Co. v. Temco Electric Motor Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1922
  2. LP Larson, Jr., Co. v. William Wrigley, Jr., Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1927
  3. Union Carbide Corp. v. Graver Tank & Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1960
  4. Activated Sludge v. Sanitary Dist. of ChicagoDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1946
  5. William Wrigley, Jr. Co. v. L. P. Larson, Jr. Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1925

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