Smart v. Wright
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota; Page Morris, Judge. Suit in equity by Harry G. Smart against Frank M. Wright. Decree for defendant, and complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
YOUMANS, District Judge.
Appellant brought suit in the court below against appellee for'the alleged infringement of reissued letters patent, of date June 17, 1913, No-. 13,579, as a reissue of letters patent No. 956,207, dated April 26, 1910. The subject of the original and reissued letters patent was alleged to be a new and useful improvement in tie plug machines.
The answer sets up six defenses: (1) That the appellee, and not the appellant, was the original inventor of tire tie plug machine forming the subject-matter of tire patent alleged to be infringed. (2) That appellee manufactured and…
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