Thomson-Houston Electric Co. v. Elmira & H. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
; Appeal from the Circuit Court of tbe United States for the Southern District.of New York. This was a suit in equity by the Thomson-Houston Electric Company against the Elmira & Horseheads Railway Company, a corporation operating an electric railway in the city of Elmira, New York, for alleged infringement of the Van Depoele patent, No. 424,695, for Improvements in suspended switches and traveling contacts for electric railways.
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; Appeal from the Circuit Court of tbe United States for the Southern District.of New York. This was a suit in equity by the Thomson-Houston Electric Company against the Elmira & Horseheads Railway Company, a corporation operating an electric railway in the city of Elmira, New York, for alleged infringement of the Van Depoele patent, No. 424,695, for Improvements in suspended switches and traveling contacts for electric railways. In the circuit court the patent was held valid and infringed, except as to certain claims. 69 Fed. 25J. From this decree both parties appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge.
In this cause there are cross appeals. The suit was for the infringement of letters patent to Charles J. Van Depoele, No. 424,695, dated April 1, 1890, for improvements in suspended switches and traveling contacts for electric railways. The defendant appeals from so much of the decree as sustains claims Nos. 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 19, 20, 23, 25, 26, 27, 32, and 33, and awards an injunction and an accounting. The complainant appeals from so much, of the decree as dismisses the bill in respect to claims Nos. 15, 16, and 17 of the letters patent. The patent contains 35 claims.…
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