SANFORD INV. CO. v. ENTERPRISE WHEEL & CAR CORP.

Civ. A. No. 18.

43 F.Supp. 665 (1941)

SANFORD INV. CO. v. ENTERPRISE WHEEL & CAR CORPORATION.

District Court, W. D. Virginia, at Abingdon.

December 1, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Hodges, of Washington, D. C., and William A. Stuart, of Abingdon, Va., for plaintiff.

Gilbert P. Ritter (of Ritter, Mechlin & Muir), of Washington, D. C., and Floyd H. Roberts, of Bristol, Va., for defendant.


BARKSDALE, District Judge.

Probably the most distinguishing characteristic of this case is its prolixity. This is not particularly surprising when it is noted that the four patents in suit contain an aggregate of 500 claims. And all this verbiage is used to claim improvements in the simple structure, which Judge Soper, in another case, described as follows: "The mine cars referred to are small railroad cars with four straight sides or walls forming a rectangular box...

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