Toledo Mower & Reaper Co. v. Johnston Harvester Co.

Blatchford, Justice.

This bill is brought for the infringement of letters patent granted to John S. Davis, March 10, 1868, for an improvement in reapers and mowers, for 17 years from that day. The bill was sworn to February 9, 1885, and filed February 12, 1885. The plaintiff is alleged to be a corporation of Ohio; the defendant corporation, a corporation of New York; and the other defendants, its officers and citizens of New York. The bill avers that the plaintiff, from December 23, 1881, has been continuously engaged in making and selling machines, under and in accordance with the patent, at…