Turner v. Deere & Webber Bldg. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota; Wilbur F. Booth, Judge. Suit by Claude A. P. Turner against the Deere & Webber Building Company and another. From a decree for defendants (238 Fed. 377), complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
HOOK, Circuit Judge.
This case involves claims 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8 of patent No. 985,119, issued February 21, 1911, to Claude A. P. Turner, the plaintiff, for new and useful improvements in reinforced concrete building construction. The trial court held the claims void for want of novelty and invention; also that defendants had not infringed. 238 Fed. 377. The plaintiff appealed.
*753In Turner v. Moore, 128 C. C. A. 138, 211 Fed. 466, we had previously decided that the elements of three of the claims, Nos. 1, 4, and 6, were old, and that it was not invention to bring them together as the plaintiff…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Drum v. TurnerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1914
- Turner v. Lauter Piano Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1918
- Turner v. MooreCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1914
- Turner v. Lauter Piano Co.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1916
- Turner v. Deere-Webber Bldg. Co.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1916
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