Menasha Wood Split Pulley Co. v. Dodge
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of'Wisconsin. This was a suit in equity by William W. Dodge, Melville W. Mix, •and the Dodge Manufacturing Company against the Menasha Wood Split Pulley Company and others, for alleged infringement Of a patent. The circuit court made an interlocutory order granting a preliminary injunction, and the defendants have appealed therefrom.
1Opinion of the Court
SHOWALTER, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit in equity to enjoin the alleged infringement of letters patent No. 260,462, granted to Wallace H. Dodge and George Philion on July 4,1882, for an improvement in separable pulleys. Complainants became owners by virtue of assignments made by the patentees. A motion supported by affidavits was made for a preliminary injunction, an order for the injunction followed, and defendants have appealed from that order.
The validity of the patent in suit was sustained by District Judge Sage of the Sixth circuit in the case of Dodge v. Post in an elaborate opinion (76…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Dodge v. PostU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern Ohio · 1896
3Cited by3 opinions
- F. C. Austin Mfg. Co. v. American WellworksCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1902
- Dodge v. Fulton Pulley Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1898
- Dodge v. Ohio Valley Pulley WorksU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Kentucky · 1899