Donnelly v. United States Cordage Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
This was a suit in equity by Michael Donnelly against the United States Cordage Company for infringement of a patent.
1Opinion of the Court
COLT, Circuit Judge.
This is a bill in equity brought for the infringement of a patent by a citizen of Massachusetts against the defendant, a corporation organized under the laws of New Jersey, but having a usual place of business in Boston, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The case was heard upon demurrer to the bill for want of jurisdiction.
The question in issue arises under section 1 of the act of March 3, 1887 (24 Stat. c. 373), as corrected by the act of August 13, 1888 (25 Stat. c. 866; 1 Supp. Rev. St. 611), the material parts of which are as follows:
“The circuit courts of the…
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