Flower v. Detroit
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN. In equity, for the infringement of letters patent. Decree dismissing the bill. Complainants appealed. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
.Mr. Justice Blatchford
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a suit, in equity, brought in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan, by James Flower, Thomas Flower, and George Flower, against the City of Detroit, the Fire Commission of the City of Detroit, Benjamin Yernon, president thereof, and the Board of Water Commissioners of the City of Detroit, for the infringement of reissued letters patent No. 6990, granted March 14, 1876, on an application filed February 17, 1876, to Thomas B. Bailey, Jr., for an “ improvement in hydrants,” the original…
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