National Casket Co. v. Stolts
District Court, S.D. New York
Suit in 'equity by the National Casket Company against Julius W. Stolts, as president and treasurer of J. & J. W. Stolts, an unincorporated joint-stock association, for infringement of reissue patent No. 12,750, dated February 11, 1908, for face plate for burial caskets, issued to the National Casket Company, as assignee of William Hamilton, deceased. On final hearing.
1Opinion of the Court
MAYER, District Judge.
This case has traveled a litigious journey for a dozen years.
Apparently there is an art in casket making, and the rude means first employed to bury the dead have developed so that now the finished product may be selected from stock on inspection or by catalogue. Eor a considerable time the local carpenter or undertaker did the best he could, but now the bereaved, either in person or through the kindly offices of the sexton or “the funeral director,” may select that form of burial which appeals most fittingly to sentiment and pocket. Indeed, according to the exhibits…
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- Morgan Envelope Co. v. Albany Perforated Wrapping Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Leggett v. AverySupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Parker & Whipple Co. v. Yale Clock Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1887
- George Frost Co. v. CohnCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1902
- George Frost Co. v. CohnU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1901
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- Baldwin v. Abercrombie & Fitch Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1915