WEBSTER CO. v. SPLITDORF CO.

No. 93.

264 U.S. 463 (1924)

WEBSTER ELECTRIC COMPANY v. SPLITDORF ELECTRICAL COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 7, 1924.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Albert G. McCaleb and Mr. Lynn A. Williams for petitioner.

Mr. Charles L. Sturtevant, with whom Mr. Eugene G. Mason, Mr. David B. Gann and Mr. Ballard Moore were on the brief, for respondent.

Mr. Edwin J. Prindle, by leave of Court, filed a brief as amicus curiae.


MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

This writ brings up for review the decree of the court below in a patent suit, 283 Fed. 83, reversing a decree of the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 255 Fed. 907, and directing a dismissal of the bill. Three patents were involved. The decision in respect of two of them turned upon the question whether a license contract between the patentees...

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