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SHENFIELD V. NASHAWANNUCK MFG. CO., 137 U. S. 56 (1890)
137 U. S. 56U.S. Supreme Court
Shenfield v. Nashawannuck Mfg. Co., 137 U.S. 56 (1890)
Shenfield v. Nashawannuck Manufacturing Company
No. 19
Argued October 21, 1890
Decided November 3, 1890
137 U.S. 56
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Syllabus
In view of the previous condition of the art, the claim patented to Abraham Shenfield by letters patent No. 169,855, dated November 9, 1875, for an improvement in suspender button straps, involved no invention. clubjuris
This was an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York dismissing with costs appellant's bill of complaint filed for infringement of letters patent granted to him, dated November 9, 1875, No. 169,855, for an improvement in "suspender button straps." The cause was heard upon the pleadings and proofs. The opinion by Shipman, J., will be found reported in 27 F.8d 8.