National Harrow Co. v. Quick
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Indiana
This was a bill by the National Harrow Company against Frank Quick and E.-Lindahl for infringement of a patent relating to spring-tooth harrows.
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, District Judge.
This is a bill in equity to recover damages, and to restrain the alleged infringement of letters patent No. 201,946, issued April 2, 1878, to Dewitt C. Seed, for alleged new and useful improvements in harrows, which complainant now holds by divers mesne assignments.
The defenses interposed and relied on at the hearing are: (1) That the complainant is a combination or trust attempting to hold and use its naked legal title as assignee for purposes contrary to public *131policy,.and that a court of equity ought not to aid its unlawful purpose! by entertaining the present bill;…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Richardson v. BuhlMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
- State v. Nebraska Distilling Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1890
- Strait v. National Harrow Co.New York Supreme Court · 1891
3Cited by11 opinions
- United States v. Line Material Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- National Harrow Co. v. HenchCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1897
- Blount Mfg. Co. v. Yale & Towne Mfg. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1909
- General Electric Co. v. WiseU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York · 1903
- Columbia Wire Co. v. Freeman Wire Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri · 1895
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