United Shoe Machinery Co. v. Bresnahan Shoe Machinery Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Four actions oe replevin. Writs in the Superior Court for the county of Essex dated respectively January 2, 1904, December 30, 1903, January 1, 1904 and January 1,1904. The four actions were tried together before White, J. The property described in the writs in the first three actions and taken by the officer thereunder were various pieces of machinery which once was in the possession of and owned by the plaintiff and which it had delivered under leases to two firms named F.…
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Four actions oe replevin. Writs in the Superior Court for the county of Essex dated respectively January 2, 1904, December 30, 1903, January 1, 1904 and January 1,1904. The four actions were tried together before White, J. The property described in the writs in the first three actions and taken by the officer thereunder were various pieces of machinery which once was in the possession of and owned by the plaintiff and which it had delivered under leases to two firms named F. W. Lord and Company and Bowers and Shaw, and to the latter’s predecessor. ' The leases were in evidence, and, besides…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
The plaintiff’s first exception was to the exclusion of the patents. These were thirty-eight in number, each of which included drawings and specifications, some of which were long, complicated and elaborate. The only ground upon which it can be contended that they were competent is that they affected the probability of the respective contentions of the parties as to the arrangements made between them. It is argued that the plaintiff would be less likely to agree to an abandonment of patented machines, even if they were supposed to be ruined by fire, than to the abandonment of machines that…
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