Legal Opinion

Royer v. Schultz Belting Co.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 5, 1890No. 228PublishedCited by 27 opinions

ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI. This was an action at law for the infringement of letters patent. Yerdict for the defendant ahd judgment on.the verdict. The plaintiff sued out this writ of error. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatchford

This, is an action at law, brought in the Circuit Court of the United States-for the Eastern District of Missouri, by Herman Eoyer against The Schultz Belting Company, a Missouri corporation, for the infringement-of letters patent No. 77,920', granted May 12, 1868, to Herman Eoyer and Louis Eoyer, as inventors, for “ an improved machine for treating raw hide.” The patent expired on May 12, 1885, and this suit was brought on the 16th of November, 1885.

The specification, claims and drawings are as follows :

“;The nature of our invention is to provide an improved machine for converting raw hides…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Morley Sewing MacHine Co. v. LancasterSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
  2. Tucker v. SpaldingSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
  3. Keyes v. GrantSupreme Court of the United States · 1886

3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Hilton Davis Chemical Co. v. Warner-Jenkinson Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1995
  2. Coupe v. RoyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  3. Sun Studs, Inc. v. Ata Equipment Leasing, Inc., Applied Theory, Inc. And U.S. Natural Resources, Inc., Defendants/cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1989
  4. United Gas Public Service Co. v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  5. Royal Typewriter Co. v. Remington Rand, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948

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