Jay v. Weinberg
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Suit in equity by Webb Jay and the Stewart-Warner Speedometer Corporation against Frederick Weinberg and the Auto Parts Company. Decree for defendants, and complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a final decree dismissing appellants’ bill for infringement of the Higginson and Arun-del patent, No. 1,067,814, and the Jay patents, Nos. 1,132,273 and 1,134,457, for vacuum suction means of raising gasoline in an automobile from a main tank below the level of the carburetor into a secondary tank from which gasoline flows to the carburetor by gravity.
[1] The trial court found that in the water-elevating art the principle of operation whereby a fluid is lifted by vacuum suction and discharged by gravity, and the general combinations of mechanical…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Loew Supply & Mfg. Co. v. Fred Miller Brewing Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1905
- Jay v. WeinbergDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1918
3Cited by9 opinions
- Sales Affiliates, Inc. v. National Mineral Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1949
- Sparks-Withington Co. v. JayCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1921
- Permutit Co. v. Graver Corp.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1930
- Jay v. Ireland & Matthews Mfg. Co.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1922
- Acme Card System Co. v. Globe-Wernicke Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1928
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