Acton MFG. Co., Inc. v. Louisville Tin & Stove Co.

SWINFORD, District Judge.

The plaintiff, Acton Manufacturing Co., Inc., brings this action against the Louisville Tin & Stove Company, a corporation, doing business as Progress Refrigerator Company, for the infringement of Letters Patent arising under the patent laws of the United States and for unfair competition between citizens of different states.

It is alleged in the complaint that the plaintiff has been and now is the owner of Letters Patent of the United States No. D-152,580 dated February 8, 1949, which was duly issued by the United States Patent Office for the design of “Portable…