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LAYNE & c. CO. v. WESTERN WELL WORKS

No. 278.

261 U.S. 387 (1923)

43 S.Ct. 422

67 L.Ed. 712

LAYNE & BOWLER CORPORATION v. WESTERN WELL WORKS, INC., ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 9, 1923.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frederick S. Lyon, with whom Mr. William K. White and Mr. Leonard S. Lyon were on the briefs, for petitioner.

Mr. Chas. E. Townsend, with whom Mr. Frederic D. McKenney and Mr. Wm. A. Loftus were on the briefs, for respondents.

Mr. David P. Wolhaupter, Mr. Raymond Ives Blakeslee and Mr. Charles C. Montgomery, by leave of court, filed a brief as amici curiae.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an ordinary patent case. There was no reason for granting the application for a writ of certiorari except upon the ground that the Circuit Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and the Ninth Circuits had differed in respect to the validity and scope of the patent and that uniformity required a decision from this Court. The arguments and the briefs have aroused further inquiry in the minds of the Court as...

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