National Casket Co. v. Stolts
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. For opinion below, see 127 Fed. 158. This cause comes here upon appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court, Southern District of New York, upon pleadings and proofs, dismissing the bill of complaint in a suit brought for infringement of United States patent 619,567, issued February 14, 1899, to William Hamilton for an improvement in face plates for burial caskets.
1Opinion of the Court
LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
We find it unnecessary to discuss the other questions arising upon this appeal, because we are satisfied that complainant has not proved any act of infringement committed by the defendant. The bill is entitled “National Casket Company v. Julius W. Stolts,” and recites that complainant “brings this, its bill of complaint, against Julius W. Stolts, who is, as your orator is informed and believes, the president and treasurer of a joint-stock association organized under the joint-stock association law of the state of New York, having at least eight stockholders, *535and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Tyler v. GallowayU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York · 1882
3Cited by1 opinion
- National Casket Co. v. StoltsDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1912