AMERICAN CAN CO. v. M. J. B. CO.

No. 6155.

48 F.2d 144 (1931)

AMERICAN CAN CO. v. M. J. B. CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

March 16, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Carpenter, of Chicago, Ill., for appellant and cross-appellee.

H. U. Brandenstein, of San Francisco, Cal. (Richard J. Cook, of Seattle, Wash., of counsel), for appellee and cross-appellant.

Before RUDKIN and WILBUR, Circuit Judges, and NORCROSS, District Judge.


WILBUR, Circuit Judge.

This is an action for the infringement of patent No. 1,586,277, issued by the United States to John M. Young, now owned by the appellant, covering a familiar type of tin can, a right cylinder, used as container for food products, such as coffee, butter, etc. The type of can involved is one in which the cover is severed from the cylindrical body upon opening, by removing from the upper end of the outer cylindrical surface a tearing strip of familiar...

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