Whitney v. New York Scaffolding Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska; Thomas C. Hunger, Judge. Suit by the New York Scaffolding Company against Egbert Whitney. Erom an order granting an interlocutory injunction, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an interlocutory decree based on letters patent No. 959,008 to E. H. Henderson, which enjoins Whitney, the defendant below, from manufacturing or selling scaffold hoisting devices like those shown in patent No. 1,114,832 issued to Whitney on October 27, 1914, on the ground that such manufacture and sale constituted contributory infringement of Claims 1 and 3 of the former patent, which read in this way :
“1. A scaffold consisting in the combination of crossbeams, floor pieces extending between such beams, and a hoisting device associated with each…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- McClain v. OrtmayerSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Miller v. Brass Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
- National Hollow Brake-Beam Co. v. Interchangeable Brake-Beam Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1901
- Keystone Bridge Co. v. Phoenix Iron Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1877
- New York Scaffolding Co. v. WhitneyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1915
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