Brown v. Duchesne
Supreme Court of the United States
This case came up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts. ■ The facts in the case and state of the pleadings in the Circuit Court are set forth so particularly, in the opinion of the court, that they need not .be repeated. As the points -raised in the case are entirely new, i it is thought expedient to present them to the reader as they were brought before the court by the respective counsel.
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This case came up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts. ■ The facts in the case and state of the pleadings in the Circuit Court are set forth so particularly, in the opinion of the court, that they need not .be repeated. As the points -raised in the case are entirely new, i it is thought expedient to present them to the reader as they were brought before the court by the respective counsel. Mr. Dana, for the plaintiff in error, after stating the circumstances of the case, said that, the question for the court to decide was: Whether,…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
delivered the opinion óf thfe court.. This case comes before the court upon a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the tJnited States for the district of Massachusetts.
The plaintiff in error, who was also plaintiff in the court below, brought this action against the. defendant for the infringement of a patent which the plaintiff , had obtained for a new and useful improvement in constructing the gaff of sailing vessels. The declaration is in the usual form, and alleges that the defendant used this improvement at Boston without his consent. The defendant pleaded that the improvement in…
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