Cimiotti Unhairing Co. v. American Fur Refining Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT. This action was begun in the Circuit Court of the United. States for the District of New Jersey for the purpose of enjoining the- alleged infringement of certain letters patent of the United States, issued to John W. Sutton, and bearing date of May 22, 1888, number 383,258, for a certain new and useful invention or improvement upon machines for plucking furs.
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CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT. This action was begun in the Circuit Court of the United. States for the District of New Jersey for the purpose of enjoining the- alleged infringement of certain letters patent of the United States, issued to John W. Sutton, and bearing date of May 22, 1888, number 383,258, for a certain new and useful invention or improvement upon machines for plucking furs. In the Circuit Court a decree was rendered granting an injunction, 120 Fed. Rep. 672; upon appeal to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit this judgment was…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
The patent in controversy has been frequently sustained in the Federal courts (95 Fed. Rep. 474; 108 Fed. Rep. 82; 115 Fed. Rep. 498 and 507), and its validity is not contested here. The question presented to us is one of infringement. The invention which is the subject matter of the controversy relates to machinery for unhairing pelts, and. particularly and perhaps; exclusively, so far as practical use is concerned, seal-skins or.“coney” skins. The latter are skins of French or Belgian rabbits, which, under the name of “electric” sealskins, have been put upon the market, and have been…
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