Legal Opinion

Wollensak v. Reiher

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 4, 1885No. 1242PublishedCited by 66 opinions

APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. The facts which make the case are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matthews

This is a bill in equity to restrain by injunction the alleged infringement by the defendant below of reissued letters patent No. 10,264, issued to the complainant December 26,1882, upon the surrender of original letters patent No. 148,538, dated March 10,1874, granted to the complainant for a new and useful improvement in transom lifters. There was. exhibited with the bill, as parts thereof, copies of the original and reissued letters patent. The defendant demurred to the bill-for want of equity, the demurrer was sustained, and the bill dismissed. From that decree this appeal was taken.

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2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Wood v. CarpenterSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  2. Miller v. Brass Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
  3. Mahn v. HarwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  4. Badger v. BadgerSupreme Court of the United States · 1865
  5. Godden v. KimmellSupreme Court of the United States · 1879

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3Cited by66 opinions

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  3. Webster Electric Co. v. Splitdorf Electrical Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
  4. Chapman v. WintroathSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
  5. St. John's University, New York v. BoltonDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2010

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