Woodward v. Boston Lasting Mach. Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. This was a suit in equity by the Boston Lasting Machine Company against Erastus Woodward, James Barrett, and Thomas Barrett, for infringement of the Woodward patent, Ho. 248,544, for a lasting and tacking machine.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. This was a suit in equity by the Boston Lasting Machine Company against Erastus Woodward, James Barrett, and Thomas Barrett, for infringement of the Woodward patent, Ho. 248,544, for a lasting and tacking machine. The court below adjudged infringement of the second, third, and fourth claims of the patent, but declared the first and fifth claims to be void. 53 Fed. 48L From this decree the defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
COLT, Circuit Judge.
This suit was brought against Erastus Woodward and others for infringement of a patent (No. 248,544) granted to said Woodward October 18, 1881, and duly assigned to the plaintiff, the Boston Lasting Machine Company. The invention is for a tacking machine which will drive only one nail, and then stop, and which is actuated by the pressure of a jack. The machine covers the combination of three elements: (1) Eastening-driving mechanism; (2) start and stop motions, whereby the machine is automatically started and stopped after one tack is driven; and (3) a jack for presenting…
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