Legal Opinion

May v. Juneau County

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 15, 1890No. 94PublishedCited by 5 opinions

ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN. At law, for an infringement of letters patent. Yerdict for defendant and judgment on the verdict. The plaintiff sued out this writ of error. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatchford

This is an action at law, brought in the Circuit Court of. the United States for the Western District of Wisconsin, by Sarah May against the county of Juneau, a corporation of the'State of Wisconsin, to recover damages for the infringement of letters patent No, 25,662, granted to Edwin May, October 4, 1859, and extended for seven years from October 4, 1873, for an “improvement in the construction of prisons,” being the same patent involved in case No. 61, Fond du Lac County v. May, ante, 395, decided herewith. The specification and claims are set forth in the opinion in that case. The…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Brown v. PiperSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
  2. Dunbar v. MyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  3. Slawson v. Grand Street RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  4. Hendy v. Golden State & Miners' Iron WorksSupreme Court of the United States · 1888

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Stevens v. Rodgers Boiler & Burner Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1911
  2. Connors v. OrmsbyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1906
  3. Louden Machinery Co. v. Janesville Hay Tool Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Wisconsin · 1905
  4. Harold Lloyd Corporation v. WitwerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1933
  5. Harold Lloyd Corporation v. WitwerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1933

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