Steiner Fire Extinguisher Co. v. City of Adrian
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan. In Equity. Bill by the Steiner Fire Extinguisher Company against the city of Adrian for infringement of a patent. Bill dismissed. 52 Fed. 731. Complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
TAFT, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court for the eastern district of Michigan dismissing the bill of the Steiner Fire Extinguisher Company, which seeks to enjoin the city of Adrian from using a chemical fire engine averred to be an infringement of tbe letters patent Xo. 147,442, granted to John H. Steiner February 10, 1874, on bis application of January 5, 1874, and assigned by Steiner to the complainant below.
The defense is anticipation and want of novelty. The patent is' for an improvement in chemical fire extinguishers. The only improvement, in the Steiner…
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