Legal Opinion

Anderson v. Collins

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 28, 1903No. 1,766PublishedCited by 27 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota.

1Opinion of the Court

SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree which adjudged the device described in the specification of letters patent No. 621,219, issued to George A. Burwell on March 14, 1899, to be an infringement of the fifth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth claims of letters patent No. 595,696, issued to George J. S. Collins on December 21, 1897. The patented structure is a combination of old elements, and the decree is assailed upon the grounds that there was no invention in the combination, and that Burwell’s device was not an infringement upon it. Both structures are for housings or…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Seymour v. OsborneSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
  2. Railway Co. v. SaylesSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  3. Bates v. CoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  4. National Hollow Brake-Beam Co. v. Interchangeable Brake-Beam Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1901
  5. McCormick v. TalcottSupreme Court of the United States · 1858

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. New York Scaffolding Co. v. WhitneyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1915
  2. Century Electric Co. v. Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1911
  3. Freeman v. AltvaterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1933
  4. McDONOUGH v. JOHNSON-WENTWORTH CO.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1928
  5. Gray Telephone Pay Station Co. v. Baird Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1909

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