Legal Opinion
City of St. Louis v. Prendergast
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 28, 1928No. 8001PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOOTH, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal.f rom a decree which held valid claim 2 of United States patent No. 1,012,433,, issued December 19, 1911, to appellee, Edward Prendergast, for a “truncated box for street valves, fire plugs, meters, and the like,” and which held further that appellant city had infringed said claim. The infringement was and is conceded, if the claim is valid. The claim reads as follows:
“The herein described truncated box for street valves, fire plugs, meters and the like, comprising a base section formed of four plates of reinforced concrete of similar shapes and…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Atlantic Works v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1883
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- Smith v. NicholsSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. Locomotive Engine Safety Truck Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1884
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Helen Russell Pierce, of the Last Will and Testament of George Washington Pierce, Deceased v. Aeronautical Communications Equipment, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- George F. Hinrichs, Inc. v. HendersonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1929
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