Legal Opinion
Robinson v. American Car & Foundry Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois
Decided January 9, 1906PublishedCited by 2 opinions
At Law. Motion for judgment on the pleadings.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, District Judge.
This is an action at law for damages ■for the infringement of a patent. By plea the defendant car company .sets up a former adjudication in its favor. It appears that plaintiff first brought a suit in equity for infringement against the Wells & French Co., to which the car company is privy in interest, and this suit terminated in a decree dismissing the bill for want of equity on the ground that no infringement was shown. But the court recognizing the failure of complainant to properly conduct his case, dismissed the bill without prejudice to him. Robinson v. Chicago…
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