Legal Opinion

Richardson v. D. M. Osborne & Co.

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided April 4, 1899No. 55PublishedCited by 28 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. This was a suit in equity by James Gr. Eichardson against D. M. Osborne & Co. and others for alleged infringement of a patent for an improvement in machines for bundling grain. In the circuit court the bill was dismissed because of complainant’s laches (82 Fed. 95), and the complainant has appealed.

1Opinion of the Court

SHIPMAN, Circuit Judge.

Letters patent No. 181,664 were granted on August 29,1876, to Thaddeus Fowler, as inventor, and to James G. Eichardson and his two brothers, Wilbur J. Eichardson and Isaac S. Eichardson, as assignees of one-half of the patent, for an improvement in machines for bundling grain. A bill in equity, verified on June 8, 1893, which was based upon the alleged infringement of this patent, was brought in the- Northern district of New York by James G. Eichardson, who became the owner of the entire patent on October 7, 1890, against D. M. Osborne & Co., a corporation, and its…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Richardson v. OsborneU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York · 1897

3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Dwight & Lloyd Sintering Co. v. GreenawaltCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1928
  2. A. R. Mosler & Co. v. LurieCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1913
  3. Valvoline Oil Co. v. Havoline Oil Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1913
  4. Procter & Gamble Co. v. J. L. Prescott Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1939
  5. Universal Coin Lock Co. v. American Sanitary Lock Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1939

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