Legal Opinion

Howard v. St. Paul Plow-Works

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota

Decided August 10, 1888PublishedCited by 13 opinions

In Equity. This is an action brought by Harlan S. Howard and Ellen F. Perkinson, as administratrix of the estate of John E. Perkinson, deceased, against the St. Paul Plow-Works, Osmon Lunn, Henry H. Miller, William Dawson, Frederick C. Miller, Amherst H. Wilder, Charles H. Bigelow, and John Kerwin, to restrain infringement of letters patent No. 178,461, and for an accounting.

1Opinion of the CourtShibas, J.

On the 6th day of June, A. D. 1876, letters patent No. 178,461 were issued to John E. Perkinson for an improvement in harrow's, and on the 17th day of March, 1883, the right to manufacture and sell such improved harrow's throughout the United States w'as transferred and assigned by the patentees to Harlan S. Howard, The bill filed in the present case charges that the defendants are infringing upon complainants’ rights by manufacturing and selling harrow's wdiich include the invention patented to said John E. Perkinson, and an injunction and accounting are prayed for. Substantially the defense…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Coffin v. OgdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1874

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Bowers v. Atlantic, G. & P. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1900
  2. Hutter v. De Q. Bottle Stopper Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1904
  3. Burnham v. Beverly Airways, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
  4. Consolidated Fastener Co. v. Columbian Fastener Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York · 1897
  5. Western Electric Co. v. Home Tel. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern Alabama · 1898

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