Consolidated Fastener Co. v. Columbian Button & Fastener Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York
This was a suit in equity by the Consolidated Fastener Company against the Columbian Button & Fastener Company for infringement of a patent. The canse was heard on a motion for instructions to the master, to whom it was referred to take and state an account.
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, District Judge.
The complainant’s patent was upheld and a master was appointed to take and state the account. It is alleged, and not disputed, that all the defendant’s books, papers and documents to be examined on the accounting are in the city of New York and that all of the witnesses as well as the counsel for the defendant reside there. Indeed, it would seem that no one connected with the accounting resides in this district save only the master himself. In these circumstances the master, intending to accommodate all parties- and prevent the annoyance which might result from the…
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