WEATHERHEAD COMPANY v. DRILLMASTER SUPPLY COMPANY

No. 11308.

227 F.2d 98 (1955)

The WEATHERHEAD COMPANY and Paul D. Wurzburger, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DRILLMASTER SUPPLY COMPANY and James E. Rutledge and Kenneth C. Horn, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 8, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. O. Richey, Cleveland, Ohio, George N. Hibben, Chicago, Ill., H. F. McNenny, D. W. Farrington, Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiffs-appellants, Davis, Lindsey, Hibben & Noyes, Chicago, Ill., Richey, Watts, Edgerton & McNenny, Cleveland, Ohio, of counsel.

No appearances for defendants-appellees.

Before FINNEGAN, SWAIM and SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judges.


SWAIM, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs-appellants are the assignees of two patents: one, No. 2,139,413, issued December 6, 1938, on a joint for pipe connections, and the other, No. 2,171,217, issued August 29, 1939, on a metal packing ring for use with, as a part of, such a joint for pipe connections as was described in the first patent. Plaintiffs brought this action for infringement of both patents. The trial court held that Patent No. 2,139,413 (hereafter referred...

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