Legal Opinion
Hunt Bros. Fruit Packing Co. v. Cassidy
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 24, 1892PublishedCited by 10 opinions
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. At Law. Action by John W. Cassidy against Hunt Bros. Fruit Packing Company to recover damages for infringement of patent. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
KNOWLES, District Judge.
Defendant in error instituted suit in the circuit court of the United States for the northern district of *258California for an infringement upon his letters patent for improvement in a drying apparatus for drying fruit.
The allegations in the declaration are:
“That said invention related to an improved device for desiccating fruit and other substances by means of artificial heal, and consisted, among_ other things, of a novel means of moving the trays on which the fruit is held within the drying chambers from the time it is admitted until it is removed therefrom, as will…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Seymour v. OsborneSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Coffin v. OgdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Mahn v. HarwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Garretson v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Grand Trunk Railway Co. v. CummingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Ralph N. Brodie Co. v. Hydraulic Press Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1945
- Hunt Bros. Fruit-Packing Co. v. CassidayCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1894
- Selectasine Patents Co. v. Prest-O-Graph Co.District Court, D. Oregon · 1920
- Expanded Metal Co. v. General Fireproofing Co.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 1917
- Thomson Spot Welder Co. v. Ford Motor Co.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1920
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