Colman v. Byrd Mfg. Co.
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
In Equity. Suit by Howard D. Colman, Luther E. Miller, and Harry A. Severson, partners trading as the Barber-Colman Company, against the Byrd Manufacturing Company, the Harris Machinery Company, Britton E. Byrd, and John H. Harris. On final hearing.
1Opinion of the Court
CONNOR, District Judge.
This is a suit in equity, wherein complainants allege: That Howard D. Colman, a citizen and resident of the state of Illinois, being the true, original, first, and sole inventor of certain new and useful improvements in knotting implements, not known or used by others, applied for and, in accordance with the provisions of the statutes in regard thereto and the rules of the Patent Office of the United States, obtained on the 23d day of April, 1901, letters patent of the United States, No. 672,636 for the said invention for the term of 17 years. That on Eebruary 28, 1902,…
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- Loom Co. v. HigginsSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Potts v. CreagerSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Cantrell v. WallickSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Hobbs v. BeachSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Graff, Washbourne & Dunn v. WebsterCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1912
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- Byrd Mfg. Co. v. ColmanCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1913