Pope Manufacturing Co. v. Gormully & Jeffery Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
appeal from the circuit court of the united states for THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. The court stated the case as follows: This was a bill in equity for the infringement of eight patents granted to different parties for devices used in the manufacture of bicycles and velocipedes. Upon a hearing in the court below the bill was dismissed, and the plaintiff appealed to this court. 34 Fed.
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appeal from the circuit court of the united states for THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. The court stated the case as follows: This was a bill in equity for the infringement of eight patents granted to different parties for devices used in the manufacture of bicycles and velocipedes. Upon a hearing in the court below the bill was dismissed, and the plaintiff appealed to this court. 34 Fed. Eep. 885. The assignment of errors covers only five patents: I. Patent No. 252,280, issued January 10, 1882, to.Curtis H. Veeder, for “a seat for bicycles,” which the court below held to be limited by…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
The bill in this case, in addition to the usual allegations of a bill for the infringement. of a patent, sets forth as a distinct ground for recovery the violation of the contract of December 1, 1884, which it was claimed was obligatory upon the defendants. As this claim was, however, disposed of in the cases Nos. 204 and 205, just decided adversely to the plaintiff, upon grounds which are equally ayailable here, we shall take no further notice of it. ■ The case is, therefore, resolved into an ordinary suit for the infringement of a patent.(1) Patent No. 252,280, to Curtis H. Veeder, is for a…
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