Legal Opinion
Peirce Specialty Co. v. Harvard Electric Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois
Decided August 4, 1911No. 29,969Published
In Equity. Suit by the Peirce Specialty Company and Hubbard & Co. against the Harvard Electric Company. Decree for complainants.
1Opinion of the Court
KOHLSAAT, Circuit Judge.
Complainants seek to restrain defendant from infringement of the four claims of patent No. 856,801, issued to C. E. Peirce, Jr., June 11, 1907, for improvements in insulators, and for other relief. The claims in suit read as follows, viz.:
“1. In combination with an insulator, a bracket formed of a metal bar provided with a slot in one of its sides, and a sheet metal strip surrounding said bar and having one of its ends secured in said slot, substantially as described.
“2. In combination with an insulator, a bracket formed of a channel bar and provided with slots, a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Devlin v. PaynterCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1894
- Lamson Consol. Stoke Service Co. v. HillmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1903
- Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. v. Condit Electrical Mfg. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1908