American Bell Tel. Co. v. Southern Tel. Co.
United States Circuit Court
In Equity. Bill for injunction against infringement of patent. On exceptions and special demurrer to hill.
1Opinion of the CourtBrewer, J.
In reference to the matters that were argued yesterday, I have but these few words to say: One of those matters is the exceptions to the bill, for impertinence. The defendants say that the matters contained in said bill, beginning with the words, “The most important in said suits,” in section 7, and ending with the words, “are owned by the said respective defendants,” at th'e close of section 24 in said bill, are irrelevant and impertinent. Their challenge is to the substance of those statements, rather than the manner in which they are made. They are averments of the fact of prior…
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