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Covell v. Bostwick

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York

Decided July 15, 1889PublishedCited by 6 opinions

At Law. Action to recover royalties for use of patented inventions. William H. Arnoux, for plaintiff.

1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.

This cause has been tried by the court upon written waiver of a j'ury. Improvements in sheet-metal cans, including an interior interlocking corner joint, were patented to Emile Peltier, August 31, 1860, in France, and August 27, 1861, in England. Letters patent of the United States, No. 43,371, for such improvements, including a corner joint like that patented to Peltier, were granted to George W. Prince, assignor, June 28, 1864. The plaintiff was an inventor of improvements in such cans, and in their manufacture, and had three patents of the United States relating to them. One, No. 42,351,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Stott v. RutherfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  2. Charles Towne & Co. v. WileySupreme Court of Vermont · 1851
  3. Knapp v. Town of MarlboroSupreme Court of Vermont · 1861

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Dwight & Lloyd Sintering Co. v. American Ore Reclamation Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1941
  2. Free-Flow Muffler Company v. KliewerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1955
  3. Headley Good Roads Co. v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1923
  4. McKenna Process Co. v. Blatchford Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1940
  5. Moore v. National Water-Tube Boiler Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey · 1897

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