Ferro Concrete Const. Co. v. Concrete Steel Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio, Western District; Howard C. Hollister, Judge. ‘Suit in equity by the Ferro Concrete Construction Company against the Concrete Steel Company and the Isaac Faller’s Sons Company. Decree for defendants, and complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WARRINGTON, Circuit Judge.
The only question of importance in this case is. whether a certain patent is void upon its face for lack of invention. The suit was for infringement of letters patent No. 859,511, for “concrete floor construction,” granted to appellant as as-signee of the inventor, Louis H. Nolte. Apart from some minor features, the bill of complaint as amended is in the usual form. It was dismissed upon demurrer, and the plaintiff below appeals. The de-*667dared object of the invention is “a construction which will simplify and render less expensive the process of laying wooden sleepers…
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