Mayor of New York v. American Cable Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This was a bill by the American Cable Railway Company against Oh; mayor, aldermen, and commonalty of the city of New York, and ihe city of Brooklyn, for alleged infringement of a patent relating to cable railways. The circuit court rendered a decree for complainant, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
SHIPMAN, Circuit Judge.
Tlie complainant, as tlie owner of letters patent No. 271,726, dated February C, 1883, issued ⅛0 Daniel J. Miller, an inventor, for improvements in the construction of cable railways, brought a bill in equity against the cities of New York and Brooklyn, to enjoin them, as the owners of the Brooklyn Bridge, against the use of the invention described in claim 6 of said patent. Upon final hearing, Judge Cose sustained the validity of this claim, found that it had been infringed, and a decree was entered for the complainant. 56 Fed. 149. Upon appeal, the circuit cóurt of…
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