American Brake Shoe & Foundry Co. v. Railway Materials Co.

KOHLSAAT, Circuit Judge.

The bills in these cases ask similar relief, and by agreement of the parties, the proofs taken are to be considered by the court in both cases. Complainant brings suit to restrain the respective defendants from infringing claim 2 of patent No. 423,996, granted to Charles Herron on March 25, 1890, for an improvement in brake shoes, and for other relief. The claim in suit reads as follows:

“2. In a brake shoe, the shoe A, having blocks, B, of steel set in its face below the surface, and the strips, C, of wrought iron, substantially as shown and described, and for’the…