Sawyer Spindle Co. v. W. G. & A. R. Morrison Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut
In Equity. Bill by the Sawyer Spindle Company and others against the W. G. & A. R. Morrison Company for infringement of a patent. Decree for complainants.
1Opinion of the Court
Shipman, Circuit Judge.
This is a bill in equity, which is founded upon the alleged infringement of letters patent to John E. Atwood, No. 253,572, dated February 14,1882, for an improved support for spindles in spinning machines. The application was filed February 27, 1880. The invention was made in July, 1878, and antedates the patents to John Birkenhead, No. 214,750; the English patent to Haddan, sealed February 7, 1879, and the two patents to J. E. Braunsdorf, Nos. 214,-355 and 214,356,—which were all applied for in or after September, 1878. The step of a spindle is the lower end of its…
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- Sawyer Spindle Co. v. Morrison Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1897