American Cable Ry. Co. v. Mayor of New York
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
In Equity. Bill by the American Cable Railway Company against the mayor, aldermen, and commonalty of the city of New York and the city of Brooklyn for infringement of a patent. On final hearing. Decree for complainant.
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, District Judge.
This is an action of infringement of letters patent, Fío. 271,727, granted to Daniel J. Miller, February 6, 1883, for improvements in the construction of cable railways. The patent is now owned by the complainant. The portion of the invention involved in the present suit relates to a combined cable support and cable lifter so arranged that horizontal sections of the cable can be raised sufficiently to be received into the gripper at any desired point. The pulleys which carry the cable are also used' as lifters, two of them being mounted on hinged frames and connected by a…
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