Wilson v. Rousseau
Supreme Court of the United States
This case, and the three subsequent ones, namely, .Wilson ». Turner, Simpson et al. v. Wilson, and Woodworth & Bunn v. Wilson, were’argued together, being known as the patent cases'.* Many of the points of law involved were common to them all, and those which were fully argued in the first case which came up were but incidentally touched iii the discussion of the subsequent cases..
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This case, and the three subsequent ones, namely, .Wilson ». Turner, Simpson et al. v. Wilson, and Woodworth & Bunn v. Wilson, were’argued together, being known as the patent cases'.* Many of the points of law involved were common to them all, and those which were fully argued in the first case which came up were but incidentally touched iii the discussion of the subsequent cases.. They all related to the rights which were derived under a patesit for a planing-machine, taken out by Woodworth, arid renewed and extended by his administrators. The validity of the original patent was questioned…
1Opinion of the Court 1
45 U.S. 646 (1846)
4 How. 646
JAMES G. WILSON, PLAINTIFF,
v.
LEWIS ROUSSEAU AND CHARLES EASTON.
Supreme Court of United States.
The case was argued by Mr. Seward, Mr. Latrobe, and Mr. Webster (the two latter dividing the points), on behalf of the plaintiff, and Mr. Stevens, for the defendants.
2Opinion of the Court · NelsonJustice Nelson
The question in this case come before us on a certificate of division of opinion from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York, involving the construction of various provisions of the act of Congress to promote the progress of useful arts, commonly called the patent act. We…
3Cases cited4 opinions
- Grant v. RaymondSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
- McCLURG v. KINGSLANDSupreme Court of the United States · 1843
- Wilson v. RousseauSupreme Court of the United States · 1846
- Herbert v. AdamsU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1825