Gamewell Fire-Alarm Tel. Co. v. Municipal Signal Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from -the Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe District of Massachusetts. This was a suit by tbe Municipal Signal Company against tbe Gnmewell Fire-Alarm Telegraph Company and others for infringement of certain patents.
1Opinion of the Court
NELSON, District Judge.
This is a suit brought upon letters patent No. 359,687 and No. 359,688, both dated March 22, 1887, granted to Bernice J. Noyes, as assignor to the plaintiffs. Infringement is alleged of the first twm claims of No. 359,687, and of all the five claims of No. 859,688. Both patents relate to improvements in municipal signal apparatus. The first patent (No. 359,687) describes a municipal signal apparatus, the purposes and objects of which are substantially as follows: As is usual with such mechanism, there is a central station, where messages, alarms, and the like are…
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