Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. v. Klump

Citations

• 131 F. 93
• 1904 U.S. App. LEXIS 4877

Syllabus

<p>1. Patents — Suit for Infringement — Costs Made after Offer to Consent to Decree.</p> <p>Where defendant in a suit for infringement, before any testimony has been taken, offers before the referee to consent to a decree as prayed in the bill, and his counsel makes no further appearance, no costs will be taxed against him for the subsequent taking of testimony, nor for the printing of the record, both of which the offer rendered unnecessary.</p>