Legal Opinion
Hotel Security Checking Co. v. Lorraine Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
Decided July 2, 1907Published
•In Equity. Suit for infringement of patent. On final hearing.
1Opinion of the Court
HAZEL, District Judge.
The patent in suit, No. 500,071, granted June 20, 1893, to John T. Hicks, is for a “method of and means for cash-registering and account-checking.” The specification substantially states that the object and general purpose of the alleged invention is to correctly check the account of each individual waiter and of the cashier employed in a hotel, or restaurant, and to prevent peculation and collusion between customers and waiters to defraud the proprietors. According to the patent, the said object is accomplished as follows:
“I provide each waiter with slips of paper…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- McClain v. OrtmayerSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Adams v. Bellaire Stamping Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Olin v. TimkenSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Munson v. Mayor, Alderman and Commonalty of New York CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- United States Credit System Co. v. American Credit Indemnity Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1893
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