Henry v. City of Los Angeles
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Southern District of California; Oscar A. Trippet, Judge. Suit in equity by George J. Henry, Jr., against the City of Ros Angeles. Decree for defendant, and complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
HUNT, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree dismissing the complaint of appellant, Henry, upon the ground that the Lyndon patent, No. 695,220, issued March 11, 1902, here involved, was not infringed.
The patent describes the invention generally as improvements in electro-mechanical water wheel governors. In his specifications the inventor sets forth that governors used to regulate the water supply to the water wheel in general operate only to open or close the -water wheel gate, thereby allowing of the admission of a greater or less supply of water. He continues
“Now, the first effect…
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