Legal Opinion
Laclede Christy Clay Products Co. v. City of St. Louis
District Court, E.D. Missouri
Decided January 8, 1921No. 5174PublishedCited by 2 opinions
In Equity. Suit by the Eaclede Christy Clay Products Company against the City of St. Louis.
1Opinion of the Court
PARIS, District Judge.
This is an action for an alleged infringement of the Girtanner patent, No. 986,455, for a furnace arch, which patent is owned by plaintiff, as assignee of Girtanner.
[1] There are four claims in this patent, only three of which, however, are involved in this action. Plaintiff selects claim 3 as a fair type of its several claims. I shall do the like. This claim reads as follows:
“In a furnace arch, the combination with a pair of I-beams extending across the furnace of brackets supported by said I-beams; each of said brackets comprising a pair of separate end pieces, one…
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- D'Arcy v. Staples & Hanford Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1908
- Bernz v. SchaeferDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1913
- Milwaukee Bronze Casting Co. v. AveryCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1913
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3Cited by2 opinions
- W. F. & John Barnes Co. v. International Harvester Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1943
- Laclede-Christy Clay Products Co. v. City of St. LouisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1922