Simmons Mfg. Co. v. Southern Spring Bed Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Georgia.
1Opinion of the Court
MEEK, District Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree dismissing the bill of appellant, Simmons Manufacturing Company, brought for the infringement of letters patent No. 639,222, for improvements in spring bed and seat bottoms, issued on the 19th day of December, 1899, to the appellant company as assignee of John F. Gail. The device by which the alleged infringement was effected was constructed in accordance with the description contained in letters patent No. 745,-345, issued to Isaac H. Haas and John W. Crow. The Gail patent was issued for a combination of elements entering into the…
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