Legal Opinion
Plotts v. Central Oil Co. of Los Angeles
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 5, 1906No. 1,237PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of California.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
The appellant filed in the court below a bill of complaint alleging in substance that prior to July 22, 1901, he invented a certain new and useful improvement in well bailers, for which invention the United States issued to him, pn the 19th day of November, 1901, its letters patent securing to him the full and exclusive right of making, using and vending the device for the term of 17 years thereafter; that at a certain time and place mentioned the defendant, subsequently, without- the license of the complainant, against his will, and in violation of his rights, made and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Root v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Spring v. Domestic Sewing-Machine Co.United States Circuit Court · 1882
- Smith v. SandsU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Michigan · 1885
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Johnson v. HopkinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1925
- Morris v. Texas Working Barrel Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1926