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Tindel-Morris Co. v. Chester Forging & Engineering Co.

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania

Decided August 7, 1908No. 9PublishedCited by 8 opinions

In Equity. On motion for preliminary injunction.

1Opinion of the Court

ARCHBALD, District Judge.1

This is a bill to enjoin the use of two patented machines for the turning of crank shafts which formerly belonged to the complainants, but of which the defendants, as it is charged, have obtáined unlawful, if not fraudulent, possession. The defendants have demurred, on the ground that, infringement being the basis of the bill, no infringing act had been committed at the time it was filed; the different parts of the machines, which came into their hands in a dismembered condition, not having as yet been completely put together. But the possession being unlawful, as…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Cotton-Tie Co. v. SimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  2. Keeler v. Standard Folding Bed Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
  3. Vicksburg Waterworks Co. v. VicksburgSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
  4. Dickerson v. TinlingCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1897
  5. Page Woven Wire Fence Co. v. LandU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Michigan · 1891

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Matthews v. Allen Matthews v. Koolvent Metal Awning Co. Of Winston-Salem, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950
  2. Green v. Electric Vacuum Cleaner Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1942
  3. Chester Forging & Engineering Co. v. Tindel-Morris Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1908
  4. Graham Paper Co. v. International Paper Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1931
  5. American Lecithin Co. v. J. C. Ferguson Mfg. Works, Inc.District Court, D. Rhode Island · 1937

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