Eaid v. Twohy Bros. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Oregon; Chas. E. Wolverton, Judge. Suit in equity by Clayton T. Eaid and Joseph A. McConnell against the Twohy Bros. Company, the Northwestern Equipment Company, and Elbert G. Chandler. Decree for defendants, and complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
The appellants were complainants in the court below in a suit for the alleged infringement of a patent issued in 1908 to the appellant McConnell — the alleged infringers operating under and in pursuance of a patent issued about five years thereafter to the appellee Chandler. McConnell declared in his patent, among other things, that his invention “relates to logging cars and the like, and more particularly to chock attachments designed to be secured upon a car for the purpose of holding logs or timbers against dis-. placement upon the car. Another object is to provide an…
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