Davis Electrical Works v. Edison Electric Light Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. This was a bill in equity brought by tbe Edison Electric Light Company and the Edison General Electric Company to enjoin the Davis Electrical Works, Leonard L. Davis, and Charles F. Wittemore from infringing the Edison incandescent electric lamp patent No. 223.898, issued January 27, 1SS0. A preliminary injunction was granted below, (58 Fed. 878,) and defendants appeal to this court under…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. This was a bill in equity brought by tbe Edison Electric Light Company and the Edison General Electric Company to enjoin the Davis Electrical Works, Leonard L. Davis, and Charles F. Wittemore from infringing the Edison incandescent electric lamp patent No. 223.898, issued January 27, 1SS0. A preliminary injunction was granted below, (58 Fed. 878,) and defendants appeal to this court under the seventh section of the judiciary act of March 3, 1891. The matter complained of was that defendants were engaged in…
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
In this case the circuit court, on the 13th day of December, 1S03, entered an order for a preliminary injunction, and for a writ of injunction to issue accordingly.. From that order the defendants below, in accordance with the seventh section of the act establishing this court, took an appeal, which came on. to be heard on the 18th day of January, 1S94. It does not appear that a supersedeas was obtained or asked for.
A preliminary question was made at the bar touching the nature *277of the adjudication to be made by this court on an appeal of this character. The appellees…
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