# New York Scaffolding Co. v. Whitney

> Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · May 12, 1915 · 224 F. 452

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/8796245

## Case

- **Full name:** NEW YORK SCAFFOLDING CO. v. WHITNEY
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- **Decided:** May 12, 1915
- **Citations:** 224 F. 452; 140 C.C.A. 138; 1915 U.S. App. LEXIS 1906
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Smith
- **Judges:** Sanborn, Smith, Trieber
- **Cited by:** 47 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## Opinion text

SMITH, Circuit Judge
(dissenting). Believing that the alleged patent of the appellant covers nothing but ordinary mechanical skill applied to the prior art, I think the patent is void, and this case should be affirmed. I therefore respectfully dissent from the foregoing opinion.

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