Corning v. Burden
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. Peter A. Burden, as assignee of Henry Burden, brought his action against Corning and Winslow, for a violation of a patent granted to Henry, as the original and first inventor and discoverer of a new and useful machine for rolling puddle balls or other masses of iron, in the manufacture of iron.
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This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. Peter A. Burden, as assignee of Henry Burden, brought his action against Corning and Winslow, for a violation of a patent granted to Henry, as the original and first inventor and discoverer of a new and useful machine for rolling puddle balls or other masses of iron, in the manufacture of iron. What took place at-the trial is set forth in the opinion of the court. Under the instructions of the Circuit Court, the jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs, with one…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Grier
Peter A. Burden, who is assignee of a patent granted to Henry Burden, brought this suit against .the plaintiffs in error for infringement of his patent. The declaration avers that Henry Burden was- “ the first inventor of a new and useful machine .for rolling puddle balls,” for which a patent was granted to him in 1840, and that the defendants, Corning and Winslow, “ made, used, &c., this said new and useful machine in violation and in-' fringement of the exclusive right so secured to plaintiff.”
The defendants below, under plea of the general issue, gave notice that they would prove, on the…
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