Fairbanks, Morse & Co. v. American Valve & Meter Co.

This is a suit for an injunction against the infringement of letters patent and for an accounting. On the first hearing the suit was dismissed for want of equity; -but on appeal that decree was reversed. 249 Fed. 234. Further proceedings resulted in an accounting before a master, who returned the evidence taken by him and reported his findings. Both parties excepted; but the findings were approved and the plaintiffs were given a decree for the profits found by the master, with interest from the close of the infringing period and an allowance for fees paid to expert accountants. The defendants…