Standard Oil Co. v. Southern Pac. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. In Equity. Suit by the Standard Oil Company against the Southern Pacific Company and Whittier, Fuller & Co. for infringement of a patent for an improvement in oil cars. The circuit court entered a decree dismissing the bill. 48 Fed. Rep. 109. Complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, District Judge.
This is a bill in equity, filed in the circuit court for the northern district of California, charging infringement of letters patent No. 216,506, for an improvement in oil cars, granted to M. Campbell Brown, June 17, 1879, and assigned to complainant. The original bill was filed November 4, 1889, against the Southern Pacific Company alone. The purpose of the bill was to restrain the railroad company from using or transferring in any way any railroad cars embracing the improvement described in complainant’s patent. On filing the bill, a bond in the sum of ?5,00G was…
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