Legal Opinion
Phillips v. Detroit
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 5, 1884No. 345PublishedCited by 75 opinions
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN. The. facts which make the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woods
This ivas a suit in equity brought by Robert C. Phillips, Eugene Robinson, and Jesse H. Farwell, who were the exclusive licensees of Phillips for the State of Michigan, to restrain the defendant, the city of Detroit, from infringing letters patent granted to Phillips, December 5, lSll, for “ a neAV and useful improvement in street and. other highway pavements.” The specification and claim of the patent were as follows:
“ My improvement consists mainly in the use of wood of any suitable kind in its natural or undress state ; that is, in the form of round blocks or sections of small trees or the…
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