Grinnell Washing MacHine Co. v. E. E. Johnson Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI. TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion.'
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
This suit was brought by the Grinnell Washing Machine Company against the E. E. Johnson Company fpr infringement of letters patent No. 950,402 granted to W. F. Phillips February 22, 1910. The patentee states the object of the invention to be ‘-to provide a gearing device of simple, ddrable and inexpensive construction, especially designed for use in operating washing machines and wringers, by means of power applied by an electric, motor or other source of power.”
The patent has been several times in litigation. In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa it was held…
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