Chabot v. American Button-Hole & Overseaming Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania
In equity. Final hearing on pleadings and proofs. Suit brought [by Cyprien Chabot] ■on letters patent [No. 77,715] for an “improvement in sewing-machines” granted to Cyprien Chabot, March 12, 1868.
1Opinion of the Court
McKENNAN, Circuit Judge.
The decision of this cause turns upon the applicability of a rule at law, settled by the highest authority, to the facts presented in the proofs. The defendant is a corporation, and has been for a number of years engaged in the manufacture and sale of sewing-machines. In 1866, the complainant went into the service of the defendant, as foreman. During that period of his employment, he was engaged in experiments with the tools and materials of his employer, which resulted in the production of the devices for which he obtained a patent on May 12, 1868, in pursuance of an…
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