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Bissell Carpet-Sweeper Co. v. Goshen Sweeper Co.

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided March 5, 1896No. 404PublishedCited by 53 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Oourt of the United States for the Western District of Michigan.

1Opinion of the Court

LURTON, Circuit Judge.

This is a second appeal in this case. The former appeal was by the Goshen Sweeper Company, and was from an interlocutory decree determining the validity of a certain patent owned by the Bissell Carpet-Sweeper Company, and finding *546that the Goshen Sweeper Company had infringed. The decree awarded a perpetual injunction, and referred the cause to a master for an accounting. This court, upon a full hearing, in which it was obliged to fully consider and determine both the question of the validity and meaning of the second clause of the Plumb patent, as well as the question of…

2Cases cited73 opinions

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  3. The PalmyraSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
  4. Ex Parte Sibbald v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1838
  5. Craig v. LeslieSupreme Court of the United States · 1818

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3Cited by53 opinions

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  4. Luminous Unit Co. v. Freeman-Sweet Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1924
  5. Ellis v. Penn Beef Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1911

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