Legal Opinion
Safety Car Heating & Lighting Co. v. United States
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided December 1, 1933No. Nos. 2526, 2527PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAKE, District Judge.
The major facts and the issues arising on them are so concisely stated in defendant’s brief that the language cannot be improved upon, so I quote:
“The Safety Car Heating and Lighting Company was organized in 1887 and was engaged in the manufacture and sale of electric lighting equipment for railway cars. In 1907 it secured by assignment from John R. Creveling United States Letters Patent Ho. 747686, which had been issued to said assignor by the United States Commissioner of Patents in 1903. Said patent covered a train lighting system for use on railway cars.
“In January,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Safety Car Heating & Lighting Co. v. United States Light & Heating Co.District Court, W.D. New York · 1914
- Safety Car Heating & Lighting Co. v. United States Lighting & Heating Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1915
- Hewes v. HeinerDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1927
- Heiner v. HewesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1929
3Cited by5 opinions
- United States v. Safety Car Heating & Lighting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Buffalo Union Furnace Co. v. HelveringCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1934
- Christensen v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1935
- First Bancredit Corp. v. Flexlume Corp.District Court, W.D. New York · 1934
- United States v. Safety Car Heating & Lighting Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1935