Adams v. Howard

Infringement is alleged of two letters patent for improvements in lanterns, granted to John II. Irwin, one May 2,1865, and the other October, 24,1865, both of which have been assigned to the complainants. The second patent only is infringed upon the construction of the claims of the first patent adopted and expressed at the hearing of the cause, which limits it to a .lantern having two horizontal guards connected by a hinge or catch, whereby the lantern may be opened at or near the middle of the globe. Infringement of the second patent is not contested. The claim is to be construed as one for…