Southern Novelty Co. v. Economy Cone & Tube Co.

CONNOR, District Judge.

The bill, answer, evidence, and exhibits disclose the following case:

Plaintiff is a South Carolina corporation, with its principal office and factory at Hartsville, S. C. Defendant is a corporation, with its principal office and factory at Rockingham, N. C. The suit is brought under and pursuant to the provisions of section 4921, Revised Statutes, 7 Fed. Stat. Anno. (2d Ed.) 326, as amended (Comp. St. § 9467), for the infringement of letters patent No. 886,884, granted in the name of Walter F. Smith, May 5, 1908, upon an application filed December 19, 1907, covering the…