Fore Electrical Mfg. Co. v. St. Louis Electrical Works
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri; Charles B. Earis, Judge. Suit by the St. Eouis Electrical Works and others against the Eore Electrical Manufacturing Company arid others. Erom a decree for plaintiffs (267 Ecd. 440), defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
EEWIS, Circuit Judge.
[1] Each of the parties held a patent for improvement in rectifiers of an alternating electric current. Balimau’s 1,239,249 belongs to appellees, plaintiff below, and is an earlier issue than Welimeier’s 1,247,759, which is owned by appellants, defendants below. Neither was a pioneer. Tlie selection and storage of a unidirectional current from an alternating current, called rectification, was old in the electrical art. Ballman’s application was first, but Web-*50meier’s had been pending and under .consideration by the examiner in the Patent Office for more than a year before…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Boyd v. Janesville Hay Tool Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
- James Heekin Co. v. BakerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1905
- Sander v. RoseCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
3Cited by4 opinions
- Freeman v. AltvaterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1933
- Majestic Electric Appliance Co. v. HicksCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1928
- Hartford Empire Co. v. Obear Nester Glass Co.District Court, E.D. Missouri · 1931
- J. D. Wallace &. Co. v. Portable Power Tool Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1931