Thomas v. St. Louis & S. F. R.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western 'District of Tennessee.
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARDS, Circuit Judge.
This was an action to recover damages for the infringement of letters patent No. 570,148, issued to W. A. Thomas, October 27, 1896, for a lateral support for sides and ends of cars. A demurrer to the declaration was sustained upon two grounds: First, because it did not contain certain averments required by section 4886, Rev. St. [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3382], and, second, because the patent itself upon its face lacked novelty and invention. The obj ect of the invention, as stated in the specification, “is to provide a simple, inexpensive and efficient truss for car…
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