Legal Opinion

Bonsack Mach. Co. v. Underwood

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern North Carolina

Decided March 2, 1896PublishedCited by 9 opinions

This was a suit in equity by the Bonsack Machine Company against J. B. Underwood for alleged infringement of certain patents for cigarette machines.

1Opinion of the Court

SEYMOUR, District Judge.

The Bonsack Machine Company brings suit against the defendant for infringement of letters patent No. 184,207, granted to A. H. Hook, and dated November 7, 1876; No. 216, 164, granted to C. G. and W. H. Emery, and dated June 3, 2879; and No. 238,640, granted to J. A. Bonsack, and dated March 8, 1881. The defendant’s patent is numbered 470,2(5!), and bears da te March 8, 1892. These patents are all for cigarettomaking machines. In all of them a continuous ribbon of paper for forming a cigarette wrapper is drawn from a spool or reel past a wheel which applies paste to one…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Bonsack Mach. Co. v. ElliottCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1895
  2. Standard Measuring Machine Co. v. TeagueDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1883
  3. Sherman v. NuttU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut · 1888
  4. Bonsack Mach. Co. v. ElliotU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1894

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Chesterfield v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1958
  2. Chesterfield v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1958
  3. Kaz Manufacturing Co., Inc. v. Chesebrough-Ponds, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
  4. Dugan v. Lear Avia, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1944
  5. Beidler v. Photostat CorporationDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1935

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