P. H. Murphy Manuf'g Co. v. Excelsior Car-Roof Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri
This was a bill in equity by tbe P. H. Murphy Manufacturing Company against the Excelsior Car-Roof Company for alleged infringement of a patent for an improvement in car roofs.
1Opinion of the Court
ADAMS, District Judge.
This is an action for alleged infringement of letters patent of the United States, No. 414,0(59, granted to Peter H. Murphy, under date October 29, 1889, for improvement in car roofs. The substantial defenses are that the patent is void for want of novelty and patentable invention, and that the defendant has not infringed any of the claims of the patent. The Murphy patent is what is known as a “combination patent,” and consists of devices for the manufacture of sheet-iron car roofs. Five specific claims appear in the patent, each one representing a certain alleged new…
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