HEMPHILL CO. v. DAVIS CO.

No. 5994.

181 F.2d 573 (1950)

HEMPHILL CO. v. DAVIS CO.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 11, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Newton A. Burgess, New York City (L. P. McLendon, Thornton H. Brooks, Greensboro, N. C., H. H. Hamilton and John S. Bradley New York City, on the brief), for appellant.

James P. Burns, Washington D. C. (Charles A. Noone, Chattanooga, Tenn., Robert E. Burns, New York City, and Welch Jordon, Greensboro, N. C., for appellee.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, and SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.


SOPER, Circuit Judge.

This suit is brought to enforce the rights of the owner of United States patent No. 2,306,207 issued to Robert E. Davis on December 22, 1942, relating to a circular knitting machine adapted to knit elastic thread in combination with an inelastic thread in the top of a stocking. The machine was designed to manufacture hosiery composed of the knitted fabric covered by the Davis patent No. 2,306,246 issued on the same day as the patent in suit....

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