Silsby v. Foote
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 Northern District of New York. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Curtis
This is an action on the ease for the violation of a patent-right granted to the defendant in error on the 26th day of May, 1842, for “ a new and useful improvement in regulating the draft of stoves.5' On the trial in. the Circuit Court for the Northern District of New York, the defendants took exceptions to the rulings of the District Judge, who presided at the trial, and have brought the case here by. a writ of error.
The first exception shows the following' facts: After the counsel for the plaintiff had begun his opening address to the-jury, a juror became ill, applied to the court to be…
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