Houston v. Brown Mfg. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Southern District of Ohio; John E. Sater, Judge. Suit for infringement of a patent by George D. Houston against the Brown Manufacturing Company. Decree for defendant, and complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
DONAHUE, Circuit Judge.
This is an action in equity to enjoin the defendant-appellee from infringing claims 2, 3, and 4 of the United States letters patent No. 853,409 and for damages.
This patent relates to improvements in riding cultivators for plowing corn. While the petition avers that defendant-appellee has infringed and is infringing claims 2, 3, and 4 of this patent, nevertheless in this court plaintiff-appellant relies only on claims 3 and 4, which read as follows:
3. “In a cultivator, the combination of a frame, a pair of gangs, a movable arch connected to said gangs, hangers supported…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Coupe v. RoyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Besser v. Merrilat Culvert Core Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1917
- Carter Mach. Co. v. HanesU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western North Carolina · 1895
- Scott v. Fisher Knitting Mach. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York · 1905
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