Meurer Steel Barrel Co. v. Boyle Mfg. Co.

LINDLEY, District Judge.

Plaintiff, owner of patent No. 891,895 to Young, sues, charging infringement thereof and praying fot an accounting. The patent has expired since the commencement of the action. It relates “to metal or steel barrels, or similar receptacles, in which the heads, formed separately from the body, are secured to the latter in such manner that a fluid-tight receptacle is provided*- this being accomplished in an improved manner by means of a malleable iron clamping ring.” The pateqt has been held valid in prior litigation. Meurer Steel Barrel Co. v. National, etc., Co. (D. C.)…