GOODRICH v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 7357.

97 F.2d 427 (1938)

GOODRICH v. FORD MOTOR CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 29, 1938.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis D. Hardesty, of Detroit, Mich. (Swan, Frye & Hardesty, William M. Swan, Francis D. Hardesty, and John C. L. Cowen, all of Detroit, Mich., on the brief), for appellant.

Frank Parker Davis, of Chicago, Ill., and I. J. Farley, of Detroit, Mich. (Bodman, Longley, Bogle, Middleton & Farley, of Detroit, Mich., Frank Parker Davis, of Chicago, Ill., and I. Joseph Farley, of Detroit, Mich., on the brief), for appellee.

Before HICKS and SIMONS, Circuit Judges, and LEDERLE, District Judge.


HICKS, Circuit Judge.

Suit against Ford Motor Company, appellee, for infringement of claims 1, 2, and 3 of letters patent 1,285,129, issued November 19, 1918, to George N. Goodrich, for a "Multi-Cylinder Engine." The chief defenses were noninfringement and noninvention. The District Court decreed that the patent was valid but not infringed.

The patent related to fuel distribution in and manifolding for multi-cylinder engines, and especially those having two...

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