Chicago & A. Ry. Co. v. Pressed Steel Car Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Action at law by the Pressed Steel Car Company against the Chicago & Alton Railway Company and the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company. Trial to court, and judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Action at law by the Pressed Steel Car Company against the Chicago & Alton Railway Company and the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company. Trial to court, and judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error. The case is thus stated by counsel for the railway companies, with slight changes: “Plaintiffs in error (defendants in the District Court, and hereinafter called defendants) -were sued by defendant in error (hereinafter called plaintiff) for $20,000 in royalties claimed to be…
1Opinion of the CourtSanborn, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The questions presented are substantially as stated above, and may be thus restated: Is the equity decree, dismissing the bill for want of equity and because defendants therein (plaintiffs here) had an adequate remedy at law, an estoppel in this case, sufficient to support the judgment sought to be reviewed? Does the general finding of fact in the judgment prevent a review on this writ of error? Was proof of the prior art admissible either (1) because the Lindstrom & Streib patent refers to the prior art; or (2) because the words “arranged to support the…
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