Busell Trimmer Co. v. Stevens
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS. In equity for the infringement of letters patent. Decree dismissing the bill. Complainants appealed. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lamar
This was a suit in equity, brought by the Busell Trimmer Company; a New Hampshire corporation, and William D. Orcutt against Frank M. Stevens, Henry B. Cunningham and Samuel N. Corthell, for the alleged infringement of letters patent No. 238,303, issued to Orcutt, March 1, 1881, upon an application filed January 6,1879, for “ improvements in rotary cutters, for trimming the edges of boot and shoe soles.”
The bill, filed May 9, 1884, alleged the issue of said letters patent to Orcutt, and the granting of an exclusive license to the. Busell Trimmer Company to manufacture and sell the invention…
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