BRILL v. WASHINGTON RY. & ELECTRIC CO.

No. 66.

215 U.S. 527 (1910)

BRILL v. WASHINGTON RAILWAY AND ELECTRIC COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 17, 1910.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Francis Rawle and Mr. Frederick P. Fish, with whom Mr. Melville Church was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. H.S. Duell, with whom Mr. Charles H. Duell and Mr. F.P. Warfield were on the brief, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a bill in equity to restrain the infringement of a patent. The suit is brought against a party that is alleged to have used the patented device, but it is defended by the Peckham Manufacturing Company, the vendor, which is a successor by purchase to the Peckham Motor Truck and Wheel Company. The principal claim now relied upon was declared void in North Jersey St. Ry. Co. v. Brill, 134 Fed...

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