Bate Refrigerating Co. v. Gillett

The defendants, Benjamin W. Gillett, Morillo Tí. Gillett, and David II. Sherman, were enjoined from infringing letters patent Ho. 187,314, of November 20, 1877, by a decree of this court, made on the fourteenth day of November, 1881. The injunction was dissolved on September 28, 1882, and reinstated March 29, 1884; and on April 10, 1884, the writ was re-served on the defendants, with the exception of David II. Sherman, who, it is proved, had actual notice of the order and of the existence of the writ. In obedience to the injunction, they immediately ceased to make use of the complainant’s…