Edison Electric Light Co. v. E. G. Bernard Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York
This was a suit in equity by the Edison Electric Light Company against the E. G. Bernard Company and others for alleged infringement of a patent. The bill was heretofore dismissed, after a hearing on the merits. 88 Fed. 267. The cause is now heard on a motion by defendants to be allowed full costs.
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, District Judge.
The defendants’ counsel, in the memorandum submitted upon this motion, have exhausted the list of adjectives belonging to legal nomenclature in expressing their opinion of the absolutely untenable character of the complainant’s case. In their opinion the greater part of the complainant’s testimony was “irrelevant,” its case “hopeless,” the suit “unjust” and the complainant’s conduct in maintaining it “a willful and malicious tort.” To the extent of holding that the action cannot be maintained the court agrees with them. The court was also of the opinion that a-volume 2¿-…
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- Edison Electric Light Co. v. E. G. Bernard Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York · 1898