General Electric Co. v. Hartman
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeals from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. In Equity. Suit by the General Electric Company against Frank O. Hartman and others for infringement of patents. Decree for complainant as to one patent and for defendants as to one, and both parties appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
ALDRICH, District Judge.
The Circuit Court was concerned with a single bill in equity in which the complainant set up three patents: One to Hewlett and Emmet, dated October 3, 1905 (800,916), another to Emmet and Hewlett, dated May 9, 1905 (789,597), and another to Badeau, dated November 25, 1902 (714,436), all of which relate to high-potential switches designed for use in opening and closing an electric current, and they all have reference to switches or circuit breakers of the oil break type.
In the Circuit Court, claims 1, 2, 4, and 8 of patent 800,916, which was called the first patent,…
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