American Stoker Co. v. Underfeed Stoker Co. of America
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Suit in equity by the American Stoker Company against the Underfeed Stoker Company of America and David Hunter, Jr. Decree (182 Fed. 642) for defendants, and complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
LANNING, Circuit Judge.
The complainant, American Stolcer Company, owner of the James Garden patent, No. 648,251, for improvements in furnaces, charges the defendants with infringement of the patent. The defenses are the usual ones of invalidity of the patent and noninfringement. In its opinion the Circuit Court held the patent valid but not infringed. 182 Fed. 642. The decree, however, simply dismissed the bill without stating thé reason therefor. It is not difficult to point out substantial differences between the furnace described in the Garden patent and the furnace made by the defendants.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- American Stoker Co. v. Underfeed Stoker Co. of AmericaU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Pennsylvania · 1910
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