Sessions v. Gould
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
This is a bill in equity filed by John H.' Sessions against William B. Gould and others for infringement of patents for trunk fasteners,
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, District Judge.
This is an infringement suit founded upon two letters patent, viz. No. 208,860, granted to Charles A. Taylor, May 21, 1878, and No. 255,122, granted to John H. Sessions, Jr., March 21, 1882. Both patents are now owned by the complainant. They are both for improvements in trank fasteners of the variety covered'by letters patent No. 128,925, granted to Taylor in 1872. This first patent was the subject of protracted litigation. It was finally sustained by the supreme court, and given a broad construction in Sessions v. Romadka, 145 U. S. 29, 12 Sup. Ct. 799.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Sessions v. RomadkaSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Sessions v. GouldU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1892
3Cited by1 opinion
- Gould v. SessionsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1895