Ball v. Withington
United States Circuit Court
[In equity. Bills by Hosea Ball against John K. Withington and others and against John Bailie for infringement of letters patent.
1Opinion of the Court
EMMONS, Circuit Judge.
The bills charge infringement of letters patent, granted to complainant, September 23, 1856, for an “improvement in ovens,” reissued October 12, 1869, and a second time reissued June 14, 1S70, and extended for seven years from September 23, 1870.
By agreement of counsel, both cases were argued together, and the decision to be delivered, governs both.
The reissued patent, upon which the bills are founded, contains three claims; but the first, which is as follows, is the only one in controversy: “1. One or more swinging bread-holders, suspended. from the arms or end plates…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Garneau v. DozierSupreme Court of the United States · 1880