Continental Gin Co. v. F. H. Lummus Sons' Co.

NEWMAN, District Judge.

This cause is heard at present on demurrer to the complainant’s bill. There are several grounds of demurrer, but the only one insisted upon is that of multifariousness. The bill seeks to enjoin the defendant from infringing, and to recover profits for the infringement of, four patents, covered by four separate and distinct letters patent, and issued on four separate and distinct applications. Each device which is the subject-matter of the *391suit is a mechanism connected with and used in cotton ginning. The allegation in an amendment to the bill is that:

“Orator avers that…