Legal Opinion

American Electric Welding Co. v. Lalance & Grosjean Mfg. Co.

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided March 18, 1918No. 1315PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; Frederic Dodge, Judge. Bill by the Electric Welding Company and another against Balance & Grosjean Manufacturing Company. A preliminary injunction was denied, and the bill was dismissed for want of jurisdiction, and plaintiffs appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

BINGHAM, Circuit Judge.

This is a bill in equity for the infringement of a patent, brought by the American Electric Welding Company, a New York corporation, and the Thomson Spot Welder Company, a Massachusetts corporation, against the Lalance & Grosjean Manufacturing Company, a New York corporation. The suit was begun in the United States District Court for Massachusetts, pursuant to section 48 of the Judicial Code, which provides:

“In suits brought for the infringement of letters patent the District Courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction, in law or in equity, in the district of…

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