Leader Plow Co. v. Bridgewater Plow Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia, at Charlottesville; Henry Clay McDowell, Judge. _ _ Suit in equity by the Leader Plow Company against the Bridgewater Plow Company and Daniel S. Thomas. Decree for defendants, and complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
The Leader Plow Company, as assignee of patents No. 764,051, issued to G. M. Hanger July 5, 1905, and No. 792,703, issued to G. M. Hanger and Daniel S. Thomas June 20, 1905, for improvements in garden hand plows, brought this action for infringement against the Bridgewater Plow Company and Daniel S. Thomas. The plaintiff rests its case on claim No. 1 of the first patent and claim No. 3 of the second patent, which read as follows;
1. “In a hand plow, the combination, with a down-turned standard having spaced side arms, of a wheel journaled to and between the side arms,…
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