Legal Opinion

American Steel Foundries v. Scullin-Gallagher Iron & Steel Co.

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided May 15, 1912No. 3,675PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. Suit in equity by the American Steel Foundries and the J. S. Andrews Company against the Scullin-Gallagher Iron & Steel Company. Decree for defendant, and complainants appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

CARLAND, Circuit Judge.

Appellants filed their bill in the Circuit Court against appellee for infringement of the Hardie patent, No. 569,-044, for improvement in metallic car trucks. On final hearing the bill was dismissed, and this appeal is from that decree.

Figure 1 of the patent drawing is as follows:

Claims 2, 3, and 6 of the patent are sued on and read as follows:

“2. A car struck, comprising two truck-arches rigidly connected wittL each other, each truck-arch having a transverse opening, the upper portion of which is contracted, a truck-bolster fitted in the upper portion of said openings,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Bates v. CoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Merrill v. YeomansSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  3. The Incandescent Lamp PatentSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  4. Wolff Truck Frame Co. v. American Steel FoundriesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1912

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Simpson v. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1920
  2. Eclipse MacH. Co. v. J. H. Specialty Mfg. Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1933
  3. American Steel Foundries v. Bettendorf Axle Co.District Court, S.D. Iowa · 1917

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