WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC & MFG. CO. v. SCINTILLA MAGNETO CO.


36 F.2d 419 (1928)

WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC & MFG. CO. v. SCINTILLA MAGNETO CO., Inc., et al.

District Court, S. D. New York.

November 20, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cooper, Kerr & Dunham, of New York City (Victor S. Beam and Thomas J. Byrne, both of New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff.

White & Case, of New York City (Franklin M. Warden, of Chicago, Ill., Lawrence K. Sager, of New York City, and S. Michael Pineles, of Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for defendants.


FRANK J. COLEMAN, District Judge.

The patent in suit is for a combination in an electric switch or circuit breaker for outdoor use in connection with a polyphase circuit of high voltage. No one of the elements entering into the combination was invented by the patentee, and defendants allege anticipation.

Polyphase circuits consist of more than one line or wire in the same circuit, and, in order to break the current...

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