Legal Opinion

Thomson-Houston Electric Co. v. Jeffrey Manuf'g Co.

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern Ohio

Decided December 7, 1897No. 793PublishedCited by 6 opinions

This was a suit in equity by the Thomson-Houston Electric Company against the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company and others for alleged infringement of a patent. Motion to strike deposition from the files.

1Opinion of the Court

SAGE, District Judge.

Defendants move to strike from the files the entire deposition of witness E. M. Bentley, called and examined as an expert by the complainant on the prima facie case, or to compel him to answer 33 questions put by counsel for tbe defendants on cross-examination, and which he declined to answer under advice of counsel for the complainant. All these questions were objected to as immaterial, irrelevant, and hypothetical. Counsel for complainant insist that the issue in the case involved in this matter is whether defendants’ construction, as proved by Mr. Bulkley, a witness…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Smith v. NewlandIllinois Supreme Court · 1865
  2. Consolidated Fastener Co. v. Columbian Fastener Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York · 1897
  3. Lloyd v. PennieDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1892
  4. Appleton v. EcaubertU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York · 1891
  5. Cleveland Faucet Co. v. Syracuse Faucet Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York · 1896

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. In Re Martin, Jr.Ohio Supreme Court · 1943
  2. Dowagiac Mfg. Co. v. LochrenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1906
  3. Finn v. Winneshiek District CourtSupreme Court of Iowa · 1909
  4. Eller v. EllerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1919
  5. McBride v. KirkpatrickDistrict Court, N.D. West Virginia · 1913

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