Tower v. Eagle Pencil Co.’s Empirical Analysis
90 F. 662 · 1898
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1
cited by 1 later decisions
April 1899
most recently cited
1 federal appellate ·
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Relies on Potts v. Creager · Julia Hotchkiss Executrix of John Hotchkiss Deceased John Davenport and John Quincy v. Miles Greenwood
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““A penholder consisting of the body portion, A, provided with a tenon, B, having an annular socket or groove, D, provided with a cork sleeve, E, ono end of wliicli is fitted within the said groove, and its opposite end portion provided with a re-enforce metal tube, H, having a series of points, L, which contact with the end of the said sleeve, as shown; all being constructed and arranged substantially as described.””
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