Legal Opinion
Splitdorf Electrical Co. v. Webster Electric Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 5, 1921No. 2769Published
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. Suit in equity by the Webster Electric Company against the Splitdorf Electrical Company.
1Opinion
EVAN A. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
A rehearing in this case was granted because of uncertainty as to the correctness of our conclusion respecting the validity of claims 7 and 8 of the Kane patent. In ap-pellee’s original brief the Kane invention was described as follows:
“At this juncture Mr. Kano invented the unitary magneto ignition equipment of his patent in suit. * * * In this device the magneto and the igniter *91plu;r are no longer separated, but are brought into one unitary structure, with no link mechanism intervening between the movable electrode and tbe armature shaft. * * ”
Speaking of «its…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Chapman v. WintroathSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Wells v. HonigmannDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1920
- De Ferranti v. HarmattaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1921
- Replogle v. KirbyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1921
- Ransdall v. JahnsDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1921