McKay v. Smith
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
In Equity. Bill by Gordon McKay, trustee, to recover license fees for use of a patented machine from Frank W. Smith and others.
1Opinion of the CourtColt, J.
The complainant in this suit seeks to recover of the defendants certain license fees for the use of a machine known as the “McKay Sewing-Machine.” The machine is for uniting the soles of boots and shoes to. their vamps or uppers, and embodies in its construction several patents. The lease bears date January 23,1878, and it terminated September 6, 1887, or at the expiration of the youngest patent used in the machine. McKay v. Mace, 23 Fed. Rep. 76. The plaintiff association issued many licenses of the same kind as that taken by the defendants. Upon the taking out of a license a certain sum of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Marston v. . SwettNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Birdsall v. PeregoU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York · 1865
- Pacific Iron Works v. NewhallSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1867
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- Wilfley v. New Standard Concentrator Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1908
- Ross v. Fuller & Warren Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York · 1900
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