Manton-Gaulin Mfg. Co. v. Dairy Machinery & Construction Co.

MARTIN, District Judge (orally).

This is a bill in equity, brought by the complainant, a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Maine and having its place of business in Maine, alleging infringement of letters patent No. 756,953, granted April 12, 1904, to one A. Gaulin, for a machine “for intimately mixing milk.” The defendant, the Dairy Machinery & Construction Company, is a New Jersey corporation, having its place of business at Derby, Conn. The defendant’s answer denies infringement, and specifies several prior inventions as covering the complainant’s device.

I have examined…