Gormully & Jeffery Manuf'g Co. v. Bretz
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania
This was a suit by the Gormully & Jeffery Manufacturing Company against Jacob S. Bretz and others. The bill disclosed that the complainant, an Illinois corporation, was the owner of a number of letters patent relating to the manufacture of bicycles and tricycle structures; that the defendants, being copartners under the mime of Bretz, Curtis & Co., were desirous of using, selling, and importing, and selling to others to be sold and used, bicycles and tricycles,' employing in…
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This was a suit by the Gormully & Jeffery Manufacturing Company against Jacob S. Bretz and others. The bill disclosed that the complainant, an Illinois corporation, was the owner of a number of letters patent relating to the manufacture of bicycles and tricycle structures; that the defendants, being copartners under the mime of Bretz, Curtis & Co., were desirous of using, selling, and importing, and selling to others to be sold and used, bicycles and tricycles,' employing in their construction and operation the inventions of one or more of the said letters patent, and securing a. license…
1Opinion of the CourtDallas, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts).' Seven interrogatories are included with the bill in this case. The defendant Jacob S. Bretz was not served, and has not appeared. By note to the bill, the defendant George E. Curtis Avas required to answer the interrogatories numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7, and the defendant Bretz & Curtis Manufacturing Company (no'w Curtis-Child Manufacturing Company) was required to answer the interrogatories numbered 1 to 7, inclusive. ^Neither of these defendants has answered either of them, and argument has now been heard upon exceptions filed by the complainant to their refusal…
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