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Boyden Power-Brake Co. v. Westinghouse Westinghouse v. Boyden Power-Brake Co.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 9, 1898No. Nos. 99 and 116Published

CEETIOEAEI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOE THE FOURTH circuit; This was a writ of certiorari to review a decree of the. Circuit Court of Appeals, reversing a decree of the Circuit Court for the District of Maryland, which had sustained, in part, a bill filed by Westinghouse against the Boyden Power Brake Company for the infringement of patent No. 360,070, and from which decree both parties had taken an appeal' to the Circuit Court of Appeals.

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CEETIOEAEI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOE THE FOURTH circuit; This was a writ of certiorari to review a decree of the. Circuit Court of Appeals, reversing a decree of the Circuit Court for the District of Maryland, which had sustained, in part, a bill filed by Westinghouse against the Boyden Power Brake Company for the infringement of patent No. 360,070, and from which decree both parties had taken an appeal' to the Circuit Court of Appeals. The patent in suit, which was issued March 29, 1887, to George Westinghouse, Jr., is for a fluid-pressure automatic-brake mechanism, the object of…

1Opinion of the Court

170 U.S. 537

18 S.Ct. 707

42 L.Ed. 1136

BOYDEN POWER-BRAKE CO. et al.

v.

WESTINGHOUSE et al. WESTINGHOUSE et al. v. BOYDEN POWER-BRAKE CO. et al.

Nos. 99 and 116.

May 9, 1898.

This was a writ of certiorari to review a decree of the circuit court of appeals reversing a decree of the circuit court for the district of Maryland, which had sustained in part a bill filed by Westinghouse against the Boyden Power-Brake Company for the infringement of patent No. 360,070, and from which decree both parties had taken an appeal to the circuit court of appeals.

The patent in suit, which was issued March 29, 1887,…

2Cases cited30 opinions

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  2. Elizabeth v. Pavement Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1878
  3. MacHine Co. v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  4. Boyden Power-Brake Co. v. Westinghouse Westinghouse v. Boyden Power-Brake Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1898
  5. O'Reilly v. MorseSupreme Court of the United States · 1854

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