Masten v. Hunt
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. In Equity. This was a suit by Cornelius E. Masten against Edward S. Hunt and others for the infringement of letters patent Ho. 321,833, issued July 7, 1885, for a firecracker. The circuit court, dismissed the bill; its opinion, which is adopted by the circuit court of appeals, together -with a full statement of the facts of the ease, being reported in ñl Fed.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. In Equity. This was a suit by Cornelius E. Masten against Edward S. Hunt and others for the infringement of letters patent Ho. 321,833, issued July 7, 1885, for a firecracker. The circuit court, dismissed the bill; its opinion, which is adopted by the circuit court of appeals, together -with a full statement of the facts of the ease, being reported in ñl Fed. Hep. 216. The complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
NELSON, District Judge.
We agree with the learned circuit judge who decided this case in the court below, for the reasons given in Ms opinion, which we adopt as the opinion of this court, that the appellant has shown, no infringement of his patent by the appellees. -1 common safety fuse inserted through a plug, such as Is used by the appellees in the manufacture of cannon crackers — -a device as old as the art of Masting, — cannot possibly Toe an equivalent for the combined fuse and match described in the first claim of the patent.
Decree affirmed.
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