Troy Iron & Nail Factory v. Corning
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. The facts are all stated .in the opinion df the court.
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This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. The facts are all stated .in the opinion df the court. The bill was filed in the Circuit Court, by the Troy Iron and Nail Factory against Corning, Winslow, and Horner,,to restrain them from violating a patent issued to Henry Burden on the 8th of September, 1840, for new and useful improvements in the machinery for making hook, or brad-headed,spike, which patent had been assigned to them; and also to account for the profits. After the proceeding, mentioned in the opinion of the court, the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wayne
This is an appeal from the Circuit Court'of the United States for the Northern District of New York.
The appellants are a manufacturing company, incorporated by the laws of the State of New York. They aver, that Henry Burden was the inventor of a new and useful improvement in the machinery for manufacturing wrought nails and spikes, for which letters-patent were granted to him; on the 2d of Decem ber, 1834. They allege that it was assigned to them, for a valuable consideration, and also, that Burden covenanted with them, if he should thereafter make any improvement upon his invention, that he…
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