American Bell Tel. Co. v. Western Union Tel. Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. This was a bill by the 'Western Union Telegraph Company and others against the American Bell Telephone Company for discovery and accounting in respect to certain rentals upon patented devices, alleged to be due under a contract. The case was heard in the circuit court upon coinplainanis’ motion to dismiss the cause without prejudice, which was granted. 50 Fed. 662. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WEBB, District Judge.
The Western Union Telegraph Company, the American Speaking Telephone Company, the Gold & Stock Telegraph Company, and the Harmonic Telegraph Company, on and prior to November 10, 1879, owned, or claimed to own and control, a number of patents issued by the United States, covering and embracing numerous valuable inventions, appliances, a,nd methods, useful in the art of transmitting messages by telephone, including the right to transmit call signals by electricity over wires in connection with the telephone business; and they had made many contracts with divers persons,…
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