Legal Opinion
Shoemaker v. Merrow
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 18, 1894No. 14PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. This was a suit by Joseph M. Merrow against John Shoemaker and others for infringement of letters patent No. 428,508, issued to complainant May 20, 1890, for a “crocheting or overseaming machine.”
1Opinion of the Court
BUTLER, District Judge.
No statement of the case is necessary to an understanding of what we propose to say, and none therefore will be made. Of the numerous errors assigned the following only need be noticed:
“(7) The circuit court erred in not holding that the conduct of the complainant, Joseph M. Merrow, in the matter of the interference declared in the United States patent office between the application of said complainant and the application of said George D. Munsing and the application of Thomas J. Holton and Frank Malsch, constituted an admission against interest by the said complainant…
2Cited by2 opinions
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