Stirrat v. Excelsior Manuf'g Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri.
1Opinion of the CourtSanborn, Circuit Judge
This was a suit for the infringement of letters patent No. 357,874, for a water-heating device for stoves and ranges, issued to the appellants Robert J. Stirrat and Robert G-. Stirrat, February 15, 1887. The defense was that there was no patentable novelty in complainants’ device, and that the appellee, the Excelsior Manufacturing Company, a corporation, did not infringe. The circuit court dismissed the bill on the latter ground. 60 Fed. 607.
The device of the appellants consists of the combination of the hollow, long center plate of a stove or range, with a supply pipe, which leads from the…
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