Ball v. Coker
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of South Carolina, at 'Charleston; Henry A. Middleton Smith, Judge. Suit in equity by W. T. Ball, Francis I. Legare, and T. Allen Legare, administrators of George S. Legare, deceased, and Hampton K. Lea, Charles Miner, and Thomas H. Tatum, against J. L. Coker, J. J. Law-ton, and D. R. Coker, doing business under the firm name of Harts-ville Oil Mill. Decree for defendants, and complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
CONNOR, District Judge.
The patent, upon which plaintiff relies and for the alleged infringement of which relief is demanded, was Issued to W. T. Ball, upon application filed June 17, 1903,- issued June 19, 1905, and numbered 807,990. The learned judge below, in his decree, sets out clearly a description of plaintiff’s claim. He says:
“Tlie patent is for a process in milling cotton seed. It appears from the testimony that, at the date of the application for this patent, the state of the art, 'method, or operation of milling cotton seed was that cotton seed was then milled or hulled by the…
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