Star Bucket Pump Co. v. Butler Mfg. Co.
District Court, W.D. Missouri
In Equity. Suit by the Star Bucket Pump Company against the Butler Manufacturing Company for infringement of letters patent No. 616,394, for a pump-curb reservoir, granted to Charles A. Bart-liff December 20, 1898, and design patent No. 28,190, for a design for a pump-curb, granted to the same patentee January 18, 1898. On final hearing. Decree for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN VALKENBURGH, District Judge.
Both parties to this suit are corporate citizens of the state of Missouri — the complainant a resident of St. Louis, and the defendant a resident of Kansas City. The complainant has filed its bill as the assignee and owner of letters patent of the United States No. 616,394 and No. 28,190; the former being a mechanical patent relating to pump-curb reservoirs, and the latter a design patent for a pump-curb. It is charged that the defendant has infringed both patents, and the bill prays for the usual relief of injunction, accounting, and damages. The defense…
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