Case Name: Raymond v. Singer Manuf'g Co. and others
Court: United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1882-04-18
Citations: 11 F. 427
Docket Number: 
Parties: Raymond v. Singer Manuf’g Co. and others.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 11
Pages: 427–427

Head Matter:
Raymond v. Singer Manuf’g Co. and others.
(Circuit Court, D. Massachusetts.
April 18, 1882.)
Patent — Spring Catch — Anticipation.
Where the evidence shows that the claim was an invention anticipated, the hill alleging the infringement will be dismissed.
In Equity.
T. W. Clarke, for complainant.
Browne, Holmes & Browne, for defendants.

Opinion:
Lowell, C. J.
The plaintiff is the owner of patent No. 101,140, granted to Lawyer & Gasten, March 22, 1870, for an improvement in sewing machines, and alleges an infringement by the defendants of the second claim of the patent, relating to a spring catch for keeping the shuttle in place.
After careful and repeated examinations of the evidence, I think the defendants have proved that this part of the invention was-anticipated by James Bolton, in 1867, as alleged in the amended answer.
Bill dismissed.