McComb v. Brodie
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana
2 [Suit brought upon letters patent [No. 19,490] for an “improvement in metallic ties for cotton-bales,” granted to Frederic Cook, March 2, 1S5S, and assigned to plaintiffs.
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2 [Suit brought upon letters patent [No. 19,490] for an “improvement in metallic ties for cotton-bales,” granted to Frederic Cook, March 2, 1S5S, and assigned to plaintiffs. The defendant, by way of reeonvention, under the code of Louisiana, in addition to the denial of infringement, claimed that the plaintiffs were infringing patent for “improvement in cotton-bale ties,” granted to him, March 22, 1859, and reissued April 27, 1S69, and prayed judgment for damages against them. The two actions were tried together. [In the accompanying engravings, K represents the Cook tie, having three slots…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, Circuit Judge
(charging jury). The plaintiffs, Mary Frances McComb and her husband, James Jennings McComb, who sues for himself and to assist his said wife, allege that Frederic Cook, March 2, 1858, obtained from the United States patent office letters patent of that date for an improvement in metallic ties,for cotton-bales, issued to him as the original and first inventor; and that said Cook, for a legal consideration, after-wards assigned to the plaintiff, Mary Frances McComb, the full and exclusive right to his said improvement and invention covered by said patent, whereby, under the laws of the state…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cotton-Tie Co. v. SimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
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