Legal Opinion

Virginia-Carolina Peanut Picker Co. v. Benthall Mach. Co.

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided November 23, 1916No. 1440PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk; Edmund Waddill, Jr., Judge. Suit in equity by the Benthall Machine Company, Incorporated, against the Virginia-Carolina Peanut Picker Company, Incorporated. Decree for complainant, and defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

PRITCHARD, Circuit Judge.

The Benthall Machine Company, a corporation doing business in the city of Suffolk, Va., instituted suit in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia on August <7, 1912, against the Virginia-Carolina Peanut Picker Company, a -corporation. The bill alleges infringement of certain claims of its peanut picking patent and peanut stemming patent, combined in a machine known as the Benthall machine. The appellee will hereinafter be-referred to as.complainant, and the appellant as defendant, .such being the respective positions occupied by…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Coffin v. OgdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  2. Egbert v. LippmannSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
  3. Evans v. EatonSupreme Court of the United States · 1818
  4. Ide v. Trorlicht, Duncker & Renard Carpet Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1902
  5. Interurban Ry. & Terminal Co. v. Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1911

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Chicopee Manufacturing Corp. v. Columbus Fiber Mills Co.District Court, M.D. Georgia · 1958
  2. Rown v. Brake Testing Equipment Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1930
  3. Rokap Corp. v. LammDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1935
  4. Union Shipbuilding Co. v. Boston Iron & Metal Co.District Court, D. Maryland · 1936
  5. American Stainless Steel Co. v. Rustless Iron Corp. of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1934

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