Legal Opinion
McKay v. Smith
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
Decided November 27, 1886PublishedCited by 4 opinions
In Equity. Motions to dismiss bills.
1Opinion of the CourtColt, J.
In these two cases the bills are substantially alike. The defendants have filed a motion to dismiss in each case on the ground that the plaintiff has a plain, adequate, and complete remedy at law. The bills set forth a license to the defendants to use certain patents embodied in machines leased to the defendants. The license provides, among other things, that the licensee shall pay the sum of 10 cents for every pair of shoes made by the aid of the machines, or by the use of the'patents, or any of them, or instead thereof he shall purchase and affix to every pair of shoes a license stamp of a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Eureka Company v. Bailey CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Magic Ruffle Co. v. Elm City Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut · 1875
- Goodyear v. Congress Rubber Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1856
- Woodworth v. WeedU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York · 1846
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