Legal Opinion
Grier v. Wilt
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 7, 1887No. 148PublishedCited by 27 opinions
AEPBAL EROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES EOR THE DISTRICT OE DELAWARE. i This was a bill in equity to prevent the infringement of letters-patent. Decree for a perpetual injunction, from which the defendants appealed.. The case is stated in the opinion of the-court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatchford
This is a suit in equity brought in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Delaware, by John F. Wilt against George S. Grier, for the infringement of letters-patent No. 190,368, granted to Asa Quincy Reynolds, May 1, 1877, for an “ improvement in automatic fruit-driers.” The specification, drawings, and claims of the patent are as follows:
“ Figure 1 [p. 414] is a partial section and elevation of my improved fruit-drier, showing the same as being located over an ordinary stove, and illustrating a simple means of elevating the machine. Fig. 2 [p. 415] is a similar view,…
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