Chaffee v. Boston Belting Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts.
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This case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts. It was an action of trespass on the case brought by Chaffee against the Boston Belting Company, for an infringement upon a patent granted for the manufacture of India-rubber, granted to Chaffee in 1886, and extended for seven years from the 81st day of August, 1850. The respective claims of the plaintiff and defendants are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The presiding judge in the court below ruled that the .defendants had a right to continue the same machinery…
1Opinion of the Court
Mf. Justice CLIFFORD
delivered the opinion of the court-.
This case comes before the court on a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts. It was an action of trespass on the case, for the alleged infringement of certain rights secured by letters patent.
As the foundation of the suit, the declaration alleges, in effect, that the assignor of the plaintiff was the original and first inventor of certain improvements in the manufacture of India-rubber, and that in the year 1836 letters patent for such improvements were duly issued to him by the…
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