Sharp v. Stamping Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woods
delivered the opinion of the court.'
On July 14, 1868, letters-patent No. 79,989 were granted to. one H; Y. Lazear for an improved apparatus for broiling steak by gas. This patent was transferred by the assignment of the patentee to one W. Phillips, who, by another assignment, transferred it to James L. Sharp.. The invention was represented and described as an upright cylinder or closed casing of sheet-metal, with a lid for closing the top, and with an open bottom. The diameter of the open bottom was traversed by a V-shaped horizontal trough, dividing it into two equal openings, through which…
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