Noonan v. Chester Park Athletic Club Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern Ohio
This was a suit by John J. Noonan against the Chester Park Athletic Club Company and the Devere Electric Company, both being Ohio corporations, and La Marcus A. Thompson, O. M. Lawson, Luke Lilley, and John Devere, individually, they being corporate officers, for alleged infringement of letters patent Aos. 332,762 and 367,252, issued to La Marcus A. Thompson, December 22, 1885, and July 26, 1887, respectively.
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This was a suit by John J. Noonan against the Chester Park Athletic Club Company and the Devere Electric Company, both being Ohio corporations, and La Marcus A. Thompson, O. M. Lawson, Luke Lilley, and John Devere, individually, they being corporate officers, for alleged infringement of letters patent Aos. 332,762 and 367,252, issued to La Marcus A. Thompson, December 22, 1885, and July 26, 1887, respectively. The first-named patent was for gravity switchback railways, and the second for an improvement in elevated gravity and cable railroads. The patentee, Thompson, had assigned all his…
1Opinion of the Court
SAGE, District Judge.
Plea, to jurisdiction by La Marcus A. Thompson, defendant, on the ground that he is not a resident of Cincinnati and citizen of the state of Ohio, but is a resident of the city of Chicago and a, citizen of the state of Illinois. The plea will he overruled, upon the authority of In re Hohorst, 150 U. S. 653, 14 Sup. Ct. 221; In re Keasbey & Mattison Co., 160 U. S. 221, 16 Sup. Ct. 273; Consolidated Fastener Co. v. Columbian Fastener Co., 73 Fed. 828. The defendant will he allowed 30 days for answer.
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In Re HohorstSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- In Re Keasbey & Mattison Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Consolidated Fastener Co. v. Columbian Fastener Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York · 1896
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