Cheatham Electric Switching Device Co. v. Transit Development Co.
District Court, E.D. New York
Tn Equity. Suits by the Cheatham Electric Switching Device Company against the Transit Development Company and others and against the Brooklyn Rapid Transit and others. On motions for preliminary injunction.
1Opinion of the Court
CHATP1ELD, District Judge.
The present action is based upon a charge of infringement of two patents, issued to Robert V. Cheatham and assigned to the plaintiff. The earlier of these patents, No. 612,-702, was granted upon the 18th day of October, 1898, and the second one, No. 917,541, upon the 25th day of June, 1907.
Tlie device charged to be an infringement is a type of switch thrower used by the street railroads of Brooklyn and known as “Type 15.” In a previous action tried in this court before a jury (affirmed upon appeal, Transit Development Co. v. Cheatham Electric Switching Device Co.,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Transit Development Co. v. Cheatham Electric Switching Device Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1912
- Cheatham Electric Switching Device Co. v. Transit Development Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1912
3Cited by1 opinion
- Cheatham Electric Switching Device Co. v. Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1915