Gormley & Jeffery Tire Co. v. Pennsylvania Rubber Co.

BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.

This is a bill in equity, brought by the Gormley & Jeffery Tire Company against the Pennsylvania Rubber Company, charging infringement by it, in the manufacture of pneumatic rubber tires for automobiles, of four patents granted to Thomas B. Jeffery and now owned by complainant. The first patent is No. 454,115, issued July 16, 1891, for a wheel tire, claims 1- 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of which are alleged to be infringed. The respondent contends the patent is invalid and denies infringement. All the patents here involved antedated the automobile art and contemplated use on…