Jeffrey Manuf'g Co. v. Independent Electric Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Southern District of Ohio. This was a suit in equity by the Independent Electric Company against the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, Joseph A. Jeffrey, and Charles W. Miller for alleged infringement of a patent for improvements in mining machinery.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Southern District of Ohio. This was a suit in equity by the Independent Electric Company against the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, Joseph A. Jeffrey, and Charles W. Miller for alleged infringement of a patent for improvements in mining machinery. In t'he circuit court the patent was sustained, and a final decree for an injunction and accounting ordered. 76 Fed. 981. The defendants have appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
BURTON, Circuit Judge.
This is a bill in equity to restrain infringement of patent No. 432,754, granted July 22, 1890, for improvements in mining machinery, to Francis M. Bechner, assignor to the Bechner Electric Mining-Machine Company. Upon a final hearing the circuit court sustained the complainant’s patent, found the defendants guilty of infringement, granted an injunction, and ordered an accounting. From this decree an appeal has been perfected by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company and the other defendants. The invention involved is for an improved means of overcoming the lateral thrust of…
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