Prouty and Mears v. RUGGLES
Supreme Court of the United States
IN error to the Circuit Court of the United States, for the district of Massachusetts. The plaintiffs in error instituted a suit, in the Circuit Court of Massachusetts, for the recovery of damages for the violation of á patent granted to them by the United States, for a new and useful improvement in the construction of a plough. The cause was tried before a jury, at October sessions of the Circuit Court, in 1841, and a verdict and judgment were rendered for the defendant.
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IN error to the Circuit Court of the United States, for the district of Massachusetts. The plaintiffs in error instituted a suit, in the Circuit Court of Massachusetts, for the recovery of damages for the violation of á patent granted to them by the United States, for a new and useful improvement in the construction of a plough. The cause was tried before a jury, at October sessions of the Circuit Court, in 1841, and a verdict and judgment were rendered for the defendant. The plaintiffs took exceptions to the charge of the Court, and prosecuted this writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief Justice Tanéy
delivered, the opinion of the Court.
This case is brought here by a writ of error - tó the Circuit Court of the United States, for the district of Massachusetts.
The action was instituted for the purpose of ', recovering damages for an infringement of a patent, which the plaintiffs had obtained for an improvement in the construction of the plough.
The invention is described in the specification, as follows:
"Be it known, that we, the said Prouty and Mears,have jointly invented, made, and applied to use, a new and useful improvement in the construction of the plough, which…
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