Luten v. Town of Lee

DODGE, Circuit Judge.

The bill charges the defendants with joint contributory infringement of United States patents 853,202 and 853,-203, issued to the plaintiff May 7, 1907. The first patent is for an ■arch structure; the second, for an arch. The infringement by the defendant town consisted, according to the bill, in knowingly and willfully causing plans and specifications embodying the patented inventions to be prepared for two concrete arch structures to be erected in said town. The infringement by the other defendant, Frank R. Harding, consisted, according to the bill, in knowingly and…