Philadelphia & Trenton Railroad v. Stimpson
Supreme Court of the United States
IN error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. At the April session of the Circuit Court, James Stimpson instituted an action against the plaintiffs in error, for the recovery of damages, for the violation of a patent granted to him by the United States, on the 26th day of September, 1835, for “a new and useful improvement in the modé of turning short curves on railroads.”
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IN error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. At the April session of the Circuit Court, James Stimpson instituted an action against the plaintiffs in error, for the recovery of damages, for the violation of a patent granted to him by the United States, on the 26th day of September, 1835, for “a new and useful improvement in the modé of turning short curves on railroads.” The case was tried on the 16th day.of February, 1839; anda Verdict was rendered for the plaintiff, for the sum of four thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. On the 6th of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Story
This is a writ of error to the judgment of the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, rendered in an action brought by Stimpson, the defendant in error, against the plaintiffs in error, for a violation of a patent right granted to him for a new and useful improvement in the mode of turning short curves on railroads.
A patent was originally granted to Stimpson, for the same invention, on the 23d day of August, 1831; and the renewed patent, upon which the present suit is brought, was granted on the 26th of September, 1835, upon the former letters patent “ being cancelled on…
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