Page v. Holmes Burglar Alarm Telegraph Co.

This suit is founded on reissued letters patent granted October 10,1871, to Priscilla W. Page, administratrix, etc., of Charles G-. Page, deceased, and the Western Union Telegraph Company, for improvements in induction coil apparatus and circuit-breakers, the original patent having been granted to said Page April 14,1868. It was granted under an act of congress approved March 19,1868, (15 U. S. Stat. at Large, 356,) which provides as follows: “The commissioner of patents is hereby authorized to receive and entertain a renewal of the application of Charles Grafton Page, for letters patent for…