Smith & Davis Manuf'g Co. v. Mellon
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. In Equity. Bill by the Smith & Davis Manufacturing Company against Peter II. Mellon for infringement of letters patent. Bill dismissed. 52 Fed. 349. Complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BREWER, Circuit Justice.
This case is before us on an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of Missouri, dismissing the plaintiff’s bill. The suit was one for the infringement of a patent, that patent bring No. 269,242, dated December 19, 1882, issued to John G. Smith, and by Mm assigned to complainant, and was for an improvement in spring beds. The ground on which the circuit court dismissed the bill was that the invention covered by the patent had been in public use and on sale for more than two years prior to the date of the application, and…
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