Thacher v. Inhabitants of Town of Falmouth
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Maine; Clarence Hale, Judge. Suit in equity by Edwin Thacher against the Inhabitants of the Town of Falmouth. Decree for defendant, and complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
DODGE, Circuit Judge.
This bill charges the defendant town with infringement of United States patent 617,615, issued to the plaintiff January 10, 1899, for an improvement in' concrete arches. The bill *870was filed February 6, 1915. The patent has since expired, January 10, 1916. Of the three claims, only the -first and third are alleged to have been infringed. Both are for—
“the combination with abutments, and a concrete arch spanning the intervening space, of a series of metal bars in pairs, one bar of each pair above the other, near the intradós and extrados of the arch.”
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. v. Stanley Instrument Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1904
- Beach v. HobbsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1899
- Hatch Storage Battery Co. v. Electric Storage Battery Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1900
- Thacher v. Transit Const. Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1916
- Gill v. AustinCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1907
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- Binckley v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1936
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