FARMHAND, INC. v. CRAVEN

No. 71-1334.

455 F.2d 609 (1972)

FARMHAND, INC., Appellant, v. Russell O. CRAVEN, d/b/a Craven Welding Co., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 27, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Gould, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellant.

James R. Cwayna, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellee.

Before MATTHES, Chief Judge, LAY, Circuit Judge, and HUNTER, District Judge.


LAY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, Farmhand, Inc., owns Letters Patent No. 3,298,550 covering a "chain type" haystack mover. It brought an action for infringement against Russell Craven for the manufacture and sale of an allegedly similar device.1 Though conceding the validity of plaintiff's patent, Craven successfully defended in the district court on the ground that his hay moving machine was not an infringement. The district court found...

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