Layne v. Getty
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Louisiana; Aleck Boarman, Judge. Suit in equity by Mahlon E. Layne and others against Ered I. Getty. From an order refusing a preliminary injunction, complainants appeal.
1Per curiam
Bill was filed by the appellants, in the court below, charging infringement of letters patent No. 821,653, and praying an injunction and for profits and damages. A hearing was had upon the motion for a preliminary injunction, based upon ex parte affidavits, and the injunction was refused. To review this order the appellants have brought the case to this court.
Claim 20, sustained as valid by this court in Van Ness v. Layne, 213 Fed. 804, 130 C. C. A. 462, is the only claim of the patent involved in the present controversy. As before stated, the hearing before the District Judge was had upon…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Stearns-Roger Mfg. Co. v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1902
- Crescent Specialty Co. v. National Fireworks Distributing Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1915
- Van Ness v. LayneCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1914
- Whippany Mfg. Co. v. United Indurated Fibre Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1898
- Texas Traction Co. v. Barron G. Collier, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1912