Legal Opinion
Thomson-Houston Electric Co. v. Black River Traction Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York
Decided August 12, 1903PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In Equity. The bill of complaint in this suit was filed February 7, 1901, by the complainant against the defendant, to enjoin and restrain the defendant from infringing reissued letters patent No. 11,-872, dated November 13, 1900, issued to A. Wahl and C. A. Coffin,administrators of C. J. Van Depoele, assignors to Thomson-Houston Electric Company, for improvement in traveling contacts for electric railways. The original of this patent is No. 495,443, dated April 11, 1893.
1Opinion of the Court
RAY, District Judge.
The claims of the reissued letters patent are as follows:
“(1) In an electric railway, the combination of a car, an overhead conductor above the car, an upwardly extending and laterally swinging arm mounted on the roof of the car, and carrying a contact device at its free end, and making underneath contact with the conductor, substantially as described.
“(2) In an electric railway, the combination of a car, an electric overhead conductor above the car and parallel with the line of travel, an upwardly extending trailing arm carrying a contact device at its free end, adapted…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- James v. CampbellSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- The Suffolk Company v. HaydenSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- Underwood v. GerberSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Gibbs v. Montgomery Ward & Co.District Court, D. Maryland · 1927
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