Legal Opinion

Grant v. Walker

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 10, 1893No. 187PublishedCited by 44 opinions

APPEAL EEOM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. In equity, -to restrain the infringement of letters patent. Decree dismissing the bill, from which the plaintiff appealed.The case is stated in the opinion,

1Opinion of the Court

• ‘ Mr. Justice Jackson

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit in equity, in the usual' form, for the alleged infringement of letters patent' No. 267,192, issued' to the appellant, James M. Grant, on the 7th of November, 1882, for “ certain new and useful improvements in the art of reeling and winding silk and other thread.” The bill averred that the defendant had infringed the patent by making, using, vending and putting in practice, without complainant’s license, improvements described and claimed in the patent. The prayer was for an injunction and for an account of profits and…

2Cases cited10 opinions

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  2. Brown v. PiperSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
  3. Smith v. NicholsSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
  4. Merrill v. YeomansSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
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