Legal Opinion

Computing Scale Co. v. National Computing Scale Co.

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Ohio

Decided March 31, 1897PublishedCited by 9 opinions

These were two suits in equity brought by the Computing Scale Company, the one against the National Computing Scale Company, and the other against Prank C. Hoyt, Charles A. Hoyt, and George B. Hoyt, partners as Hoyt & Co., for an injunction and damages for the infringement of a patent. Heard on motions by defendants for temporary injunction.

1Opinion of the Court

SAGE, District Judge.

The complainant and the defendant-the National Computing Scale Company are engaged in the manufacture and sale of spring balance computing scales, each claiming to conduct.the' business under a patent owned and controlled by it. The defendants Hoyt & Co. are selling agents and solicitors of the National Computing Scale Company, and; as such, sell all the scales manufactured' by the defendant the National Computing Scale Company directly to retailers and users, such as butchers and grocers, and not to wholesale dealers. The first ground of the motion is that the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Campbell v. HaverhillSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  2. Birdsell v. ShaliolSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  3. Casey v. Cincinnati Typographical Union No. 3U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern Ohio · 1891
  4. Kidd v. HorryUnited States Circuit Court · 1886
  5. Grand Rapids School Furniture Co. v. Haney School Furniture Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1892

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. A. B. Farquhar Co. v. National Harrow Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1900
  2. A. Hollander & Son, Inc. v. Imperial Fur Blending Corp.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1949
  3. Oil Conservation Engineering Co. v. Brooks Engineering Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1931
  4. Virtue v. Creamery Package Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1910
  5. Hanson v. Hall Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1922

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