Fosdick v. Lowell Machine Shop
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
In Equity. Bill of discovery in aid of an action at law brought by Sylvester W. Fosdick, administrator, against the Lowell Machine Shop and others. Heard on exceptions to the answer.
1Opinion of the Court
COLT, Circuit Judge.,
This is a hill for discovery in aid of an action at law on a patent. The case was heard on exceptions to; the answer. The following facts appear by the bill: The patent was granted to John F. Fosdick, the plaintiff’s intestate, on Decent-, her 2i5,1862, and the patentee died 9 years afterwards, in 1871. In 1889, 18 years after the patentee’s death, and 10 years after the expiration of the patent, the plaintiff, a son of the patentee, took out letters of administration on his father’s estate, and at the May term, 1890, brought an action at law in this court against' the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Badger v. BadgerSupreme Court of the United States · 1865
- Badger v. BadgerU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1862
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