National Pigments & Chemical Co. v. Mid-Continent Mud Co.

ATWELL, District Judge.

Complainant is the owner of a patent secured by Stroud for the controlling of troublesome gas which frequently appears in the drilling of oil and gas wells. The fluid not only controls and subjugates the gas, but acts as a lubricant and a strengthener of the walls of the well.

The court always approaches the solution of a controversy of this sort with tender care, since in one ease he denies to the public the use of a certain article, or in the other ease he denies to an alleged inventor the legitimate fruit of his thought and experience. In view of the decision of Judge…