Dunkley Co. v. Pasadena Canning Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Southern District of California; Oscar A. Trippet, Judge. Suit by the Dunkley Company and the Michigan Canning & Machinery Company against the Pasadena Canning Company and George EGrier. Decree for defendants, and complainants appeal.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Southern District of California; Oscar A. Trippet, Judge. Suit by the Dunkley Company and the Michigan Canning & Machinery Company against the Pasadena Canning Company and George EGrier. Decree for defendants, and complainants appeal. This is a suit for infringement of letters patent No. 1,104,175, issued July 21, 1914, for a machine or device for peeling peaches and other fruits, and also for infringement of letters patent No. 1,237,623, issued August 21, 1917, for the process of peeling peaches or other…
1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). While there are many assignments of error, the only questions deemed worthy of consideration are the following. The appellants contend: First, that the appellees are estopped by the judgment or decree in the case of Central California Canneries Co. v. Dunkley Co., supra; second, that, regardless of the question of estoppel, the decision in that case should be followed here under the rule of stare decisis; third, that, regardless of the prior decision, the patents in suit are valid; and, lastly, that the patents have been infringed. The court below *387found…
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