St. Louis Union Trust Co. v. Studebaker Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
In Equity. Suit by the St. Rouis Union Trust Company, as trustee, against the Studebaker Corporation and Studebaker Brothers Company of New York, for infringement of the Ottofy patent No. 795,059 for a street-flushing machine.
1Opinion of the Court
HQUGH, District Judge.
The specification and claims of a patent, studied in connection with the patentee’s own story of what he wished to do, why he wished to do it, and how he accomplished the desired result, seem to furnish the best basis for understanding the precise addition to knowledge made by the invention claimed.
The specification of this patent first alleges a distinction between street sprinkling and street flushing or washing. The patentee says he has devised a “street-flushing cart,” although he later concluded to add a contrivance which can make his machine a sprinkler. He does…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- St. Louis Street Flushing Mach. Co. v. American Street Flushing Mach. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1907
- American Street Flushing Mach. Co. v. St. Louis Street Flushing Mach. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1911
- American Street Flushing Co. v. D. Connolly Boiler Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1912
- American Street Flushing Mach. Co. v. St. Louis Street Flushing Mach. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri · 1910