Nerney v. New York, N. H. & H. R. Co.

MANTON, Circuit Judge.

The patent in suit No. 1,665,862 relates to á hand brake used on railroad cars. Heretofore a decree had been entered after a defense conducted by the Ajax Handbrake Company, enjoining the appellant from the infringement of this patent. The appellant then had fifteen thousand cars equipped with the Ajax brakes, and the court found these infringed. An appeal was taken from the original decree, but was dismissed upon a licensing agreement reached by the patentee, the Ajax manufacturer, and the railroad. The permanent injunction issued restrained the appellant “from further…