United Drug Co. v. Ireland Candy Co.

VAN VALKENBURGH, Circuit Judge.

Appellant sued the Ireland Candy Company, a Missouri corporation with its principal place of business in St. Louis, for alleged infringement of United States patent No. 1,612,762, issued to one John M. Flynn December 28, 1926, of which said patent appellant is now the owner. The candy company answered, denying infringement, and alleged that it had purchased the mechanisms charged to be covered by the patent in suit from the National Equipment Company, a Massachusetts corporation. The National Equipment Company intervened, and ultimately filed answer, adopting…