Legal Opinion

Johnson Steel Street-Rail Co. v. North Branch Steel Co.

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Pennsylvania

Decided November 12, 1891PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Iii Equity. Bill by the Johnson Steel Street-Rail Company against the North Branch Steel Company for infringement of a patent. Heard upon a rule for attachment of John Fulton for contempt in refusing to obej’’ a subpoena dvees tecum,.

1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.

A bill in equity for infringement of certain letters patent having been filed in the circuit court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, and the defendant having answered, Samuel Bell, Esq., was appointed by that court as a special examiner, upon the application of the defendant, to take testimony in this district. John Fulton, who is the general manager of the Cambria Iron Company, a corporation, not a party to the suit, was duly served with a subpoena duces tecum, directing him to produce at the hearing before the examiner certain drawings and templates. Mr. Fulton refused to produce…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Ex Parte FISKSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  2. United States v. BabcockU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri · 1876
  3. Western Division of Western N. C. R. v. DrewUnited States Circuit Court for the Northern District of Florida · 1879
  4. Ex parte JudsonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1853
  5. Russell v. McLellanU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine · 1847

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Dowagiac Mfg. Co. v. LochrenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1906
  2. Booren v. McWilliamsNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1914
  3. Bleacher v. Bristol-Myers CompanySuperior Court of Delaware · 1960
  4. In re BolsterWashington Supreme Court · 1910
  5. Kirkpatrick v. Pope Manuf'g Co.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1894

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