Western Electric Co. v. Reedy
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern Ohio
This was a suit in equity by the Western Electric Company against Henry J. Reedy for infringement of a patent. Defendant moved to set aside a decree by default.
1Opinion of the Court
¡SAGE, District Judge.
The suit is upon patent No. 1.72,993, issued February 1,1876, to the Western Electric Manufacturing Company, as assignee of Elisha Gray, the inventor, for improvements in electric annunciators for elevators. The defendant being in default, a decree pro confesso for the complainant was entered March 20, 1893, and on the 1st of May, 1893, the decree for an injunction and an account was entered. The defendant moves to set aside the default and dismiss the case for want of jurisdiction, on the ground that it appears from the testimony taken before the master that the…
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