Sprague Electric Railway & Motor Co. v. Nassau Electric R.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. The Sprague Electric Railway & Motor Company brought in the circuit court 'for the Eastern district of New Tork its bill in equity against the Nassau Electric Railroad Company, which was founded upon the alleged infringement of claims 2, 4, and G of letters patent 324,892, dated August 25, 1885, and issued to Frank ,T. Sprague for an improved electric railway motor.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. The Sprague Electric Railway & Motor Company brought in the circuit court 'for the Eastern district of New Tork its bill in equity against the Nassau Electric Railroad Company, which was founded upon the alleged infringement of claims 2, 4, and G of letters patent 324,892, dated August 25, 1885, and issued to Frank ,T. Sprague for an improved electric railway motor. The decree of the court found that the defendant had infringed these three claims, claim 4 being construed as requiring that the restrictive…
1Opinion of the CourtShipman, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). Tlie patent in suit, so- far as claims 2, 6, and 9 are concerned, was examined by this court in the case of the present complainant against the Union Railway Company (31 C. C. A. 391, 88 Fed. 82), and the subject of the described improvement was fully considered by the circuit court of appeals for the Eighth circuit in Adams Electric Ry. Co. v. Lindell Ry. Co., 40 U. S. App. 482, 23 C. C. A. 223, 77 Fed. 432. Upon an appeal from an order for a preliminary injunction in favor of the present complainant, restraining the present defendant from the infringement…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Adams Electric Ry. Co. v. Lindell Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1896
- Sprague Electric Railway & Motor Co. v. Nassau Electric R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1899
- Union Ry. Co. v. Sprague Electric Railway & Motor Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1898
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- Crosby v. RidoutCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1906