Lehman v. Ripley

SYMES, District Judge.

This is an action against the four defendants named for alleged infringement of letters patent issued to the plaintiff, John L. G. Lehman, January 18, 1916, No. 1,168,945, for improvement in foldable cuffs. The defendants deny the infringement., They also deny that the plaintiff was the original or first inventor of the improvements on foldable cuffs described in the patent, and plead that the same were known and used by others long before the date of plaintiff’s patent, and that it is therefore null and void.

Shirt makers, and others interested, have sought for many…