GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. v. UNITED STATES ELECTRIC MFG. CO.

No. 248.

63 F.2d 764 (1933)

GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. v. UNITED STATES ELECTRIC MFG. CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

March 13, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Neave, of New York City (Harrison F. Lyman, of Boston, Mass., Alfred E. Bobst, of Schenectady, N. Y., and Fish, Richardson & Neave, of New York City, of counsel), for complainant-appellant.

Gifford, Scull & Burgess, of New York City (George F. Scull and Charles W. Mortimer, both of New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before MANTON, SWAN, and AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judges.


AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

This suit was brought for infringement of United States patents No. 1,567,863 and No. 1,567,864. Each relates to house wiring, and particularly to the mounting in outlet boxes of electric wiring devices such as switches and plug receptacles. The first patent, No. 1,567,863, has been called the "plaster ear patent," because the invention consists of an arrangement of plaster-engaging ears on the crossbar of the switch or plug receptacle...

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