Legal Opinion
Dececo Co. v. George E. Gilchrist Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 29, 1903No. 465PublishedCited by 20 opinions
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
This is a bill .in equity, based on an alleged infringement of the first, third, and fourth claims of letters patent No. 425,416, captioned for a “water-closet,” issued to Robert Frame and Charles A. Neff under date of April 15, 1890, on an application filed on December 23, 1887. The Circuit Court dismissed the bill, and the complainant appealed.
*294The claims are as follows:
“(1) In a water-closet, the combination, with a bowl, of a siphon composed of an inverted-U-shaped pipe having communicating receiving and discharging limbs, the inner wall of the latter being provided…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Richards v. Chase Elevator Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Lawther v. HamiltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Packard v. Lacing Stud Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1895
- Crescent Brewing Co. v. GottfriedSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Hobbs Mfg. Co. v. GoodingCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1901
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3Cited by20 opinions
- O'LEARY v. Liggett Drug Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1945
- Meccano, Ltd. v. WagnerDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1916
- Eastern Paper Bag Co. v. Continental Paper Bag Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine · 1905
- Aronson v. Toy Devices, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1924
- Automatic Weighing Mach. Co. v. Pneumatic Scale Corp.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine · 1908
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