United States Printing Co. v. American Playing-Card Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Michigan
This was a suit in equity by the United States Printing Company against the American Playing-Card Company for alleged infringement of a patent for an improvement in machines for printing playing cards.
1Opinion of the Court
SACE, District Judge.
This suit is for infringement of patent No. 381,71(5, issued April 24, 1888, to the Bussell & Morgan Printing Company, as assignee of Samuel J. Murray, for an improvement in a machine for printing cards.
The present complainant, the United States Printing Company, is the Russell & Morgan Printing Company, under a name adopted, under due process of law, on February 20, 1891.
The patented improvement is a contrivance for punching playing cards. The 52 prints for a complete pack of cards are printed on a single sheet of paper. The sheet is then cut into strips, and fed to the…
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