Legal Opinion

Western Electric Co. v. Home Tel. Co.

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern Alabama

Decided February 9, 1898No. 202PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Bill in Equity for Infringement of a Patent.

1Opinion of the Court

TOULMIN, District Judge.

This is a suit in equity, brought by the Western Electric Company on letters patent of the United States No. 380.061, dated November 10, 1885, as the assignee of Charles E. Scribner, to, whom the patent was granted, against the Home Telephone Company, Albert S. Lyons, and Adam Glass. The patent is for improvements in multiple switch boards for use in telephone central offices or exchanges. The complainant is a corporation under the laws of the state of Illinois, and has been engaged in furnishing apparatus for telephone exchanges, it appears, for some years past. The…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. The Barbed Wire PatentSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  2. MacHine Co. v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  3. Topliff v. TopliffSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  4. Miller v. Eagle Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
  5. Cantrell v. WallickSupreme Court of the United States · 1886

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Naylor v. Alsop Process Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1909
  2. Stebler v. Riverside Heights Orange Growers' Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1913
  3. Consolidated Rubber Tire Co. v. Finley Rubber Tire Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Georgia · 1902
  4. Los Alamitos Sugar Co. v. CarrollCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1909
  5. Hall's Safe Co. v. Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1906

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