Courson v. O'Connor
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois; Ferdinand A. Geiger, Judge. Suit in equity by John E. Courson against Martin A. O’Connor, W. IT. Miner, and the W. TI. Miner Company, Incorporated.
1Opinion of the Court
MACK, Circuit Judge.
This is a proceeding under R. S. § 4915 (Comp. St. 1913,. § 9-160), to del ermine priority of invention of a friction draft gear for railway cars. The case is free of the complications ordinarily attending such an inquiry. No question of priority of conception, knowledge of one another’s activities, or estoppel is involved. Coursou conceived his invention in 1898; O’Connor 10 years later, in November, 1908. During this period, Coursou experimented and tested his invention some eight or nine times; the final test was on October 17, 1908. O’Connor’s application was filed on…
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