Columbia Metal Box Co. v. Halper
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This cause comes here on appeal from a decree entered on June 11, 1914, in the District Court of the United States for the Southern •District .of New York, dismissing the bill of complaint in a suit brought in equity to restrain an infringement of United States letters patent No. 963,352 and to obtain an accounting for profits and to recover damages.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This cause comes here on appeal from a decree entered on June 11, 1914, in the District Court of the United States for the Southern •District .of New York, dismissing the bill of complaint in a suit brought in equity to restrain an infringement of United States letters patent No. 963,352 and to obtain an accounting for profits and to recover damages. The complainant, the Columbia Metal Box Company, is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the state of New York and having its principal…
1Opinion of the CourtRogers, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The patent in suit is for a sheet metal junction box used in the electric wiring art. In the installation of electric wiring for lighting and other purposes there is located at the junction between the main line and the local circuit a fuse plug and a cut-out switch, so that any damage to the local line will not interfere with the main line, and the local line can be cut out when desired. The fuse plug and cut-out switch are mounted on an insulating slab and inclosed in a junction box. The purpose of a junction box, as shown by the testimony, is to provide…
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