Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Co. v. Chicago Galvanized Wire Fence Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Apeeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. George Gardner, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Sheldon
Prior to December 15,1880, the Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Company, having acquired the control of various patents for the making and use of barbed fence wire, brought various suits in the United States Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illinois, against alleged infringers of its patents, and the causes having been heard on that day, a finding was announced by the court in favor of the company, sustaining its patents. The final decree was actually entered on April 25, 1881. There were two sets of suits,—two suits against each defendant,—in one of which said company was the sole…
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