Reeves v. Keystone Bridge Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania
[This was a bill in equity by Samuel J. Reeves against the Keystone Bridge Company and others for an injunction and account.] Final hearing upon pleadings and proofs. Suit brought upon letters patent [No. 35,-582] for an “improvement in the construction of columns, shafts, braces,” etc., granted to complainant, June 17, 1S62. [The defense relied upon an alleged lack of priority on the part of Reeves and the subsequent validity of his patent.]2
1Opinion of the Court
McKENNAN, Circuit Judge.
Tlie respondents do not deny the making and use of the column described in the complainant’s patent. They deny that he was the first and original inventor of the invention claimed by him, and allege that his patent is invalid. This allegation rests upon the following specifications: 1. That the invention was originally made by Jacob H. Linville and John L. Piper. 2. That it was described in the Allegemeine Bauzeitung for September. 1801. 3. That it was illustrated by a drawing in the Dreyfuss Album, bearing the imprint of 1801.
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2Cited by6 opinions
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- Application of Edward Burton LegriceCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1962
- Jockmus v. LevitonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1928
- Imperial Glass Co. v. HeiseyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1923
- Fay v. MasonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western New York · 1903
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