1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 23 F.2d
  5. 23 F.2d 206 (1927)
 

FINLEY v. MacDOUGALD CONST. CO.

No. 223.

23 F.2d 206 (1927)

FINLEY v. MacDOUGALD CONST. CO.

District Court, N. D. Georgia.

December 21, 1927.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anderson, Rountree & Crenshaw, Clifford L. Anderson, Granger Hansell, Alston, Alston, Foster & Moise, and Rob't C. Alston, all of Atlanta, Ga., and Chas. F. O'Neill, of Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Slaton & Hopkins, J. M. Slaton, Spalding, MacDougald & Sibley, and J. A. Sibley, all of Atlanta, Ga., Ellis Spear, Jr., of Boston, Mass., and Eiffel B. Gale, of Yonkers, N. Y., for defendant.

SIBLEY, District Judge.

The critical question is the validity of the patent alleged to have been infringed, being No. 1,411,777, a method for treating roadways. Claims 2 and 3 are admittedly not involved.

Claim 1 is asserted to be void principally for, first, lack of invention; second, vagueness; third, want of utility. It claims broadly a monopoly for "the method of treating roadways which comprises applying a wearing surface course of mineral aggregate to...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases