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Cheatham Electric Switching Device Co. v. Transit Development Co.

District Court, E.D. New York

Decided February 18, 1913PublishedCited by 3 opinions

In Equity. Suit by the Cheatham Electric Switching Device Company, against the Transit Development Company, the Nassau Electric Railroad Company, and the American Automatic Switch Company. On final hearing. Decree for complainant.

1Opinion of the Court

CHATFIELD, District Judge.

The complainant filed a bill in equity on the 14th day of July, 1911, against the Transit Development Company and the Nassau Electric Railroad Company, which had previously been defendants in actions at law brought by the Cheatham Electric Switching Device Company, as plaintiff.. These actions at law were instituted upon the 4th day of January, 1910, and charged infringement (by 8 switching devices in the case, of the Transit Development Company, and by 6 of the 8 in the case of the Nassau Electric Railroad Company) of two patents, Nos. 612,702 and 917,541, taken out…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Cromwell v. County of SacSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  2. Russell v. PlaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  3. Tilghman v. ProctorSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  4. Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. SlaghtSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
  5. De Sollar v. HanscomeSupreme Court of the United States · 1895

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Vineseck v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1917
  2. Buchanan v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
  3. Cheatham Electric Switching Device Co. v. Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1915

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