Morgan Const. Co. v. Forter-Miller Engineering Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Cross-Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Suit in equity by the Morgan Construction Company and Alexander Laughlin against the Forter-Miller Engineering Company and Dil-worth, Porter & Co., Limited. From the final decree, both parties appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
McPHERSON, Circuit Judge.
This suit was brought by the Morgan Construction Company and Alexander Laughlin against the Forter-Miller Engineering Company and Dilworth Porter & Co., Limited, and is based upon the asserted infringement of patent No. 632,020, granted to Charles H. Morgan on August 20, 1899, for an “improvement in furnaces for heating ingots or billets for rolling mills.” The Engineering Company is charged with building certain furnaces, and Dilworth, Porter & Co. are charged with using five of the furnaces so built. This court sustained several claims of the patent, and held them…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Seeger Refrigerator Co. v. American Car & Foundry Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1915
- Morgan Const. Co. v. Forter-Miller Engineering Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1914
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