Single Tube Automobile & Bicycle Tire Co. v. Continental Rubber Works

BUEEINGTON, Circuit Judge.

This bill in equity is brought against the Continental Rubber Works by the Single Tube Automobile & Bicycfe Tire Company, owner of patent No. 497,971, of"May 23, 1893, to Pardon W. Tillinghast. Infringement of the second claim is charged. This claim was held valid by the Circuit Court in the Eirst Circuit (98 Fed. 624), and the decree thereof affirmed (112 Fed. 423, *5150 C. C. A. 317). The patent has also been generally respected by tube makers, and large royalties paid for licenses thereunder. Our study of the art leads us to concur in the conclusions reached by judge…