Legal Opinion

Grant v. Raymond

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 23, 1832PublishedCited by 161 opinions

THIS case came before the court, in the first instance, on a certificate of division in opinion in the circuit, court of the United States for the southern district of New York.

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THIS case came before the court, in the first instance, on a certificate of division in opinion in the circuit, court of the United States for the southern district of New York. On inspecting the record, it appeared that on the trial of the cavfse in the circuit court, the- counsel for the defendants had excepted to the decisions of the court on various matters which. had been presented for the consideration of the court; and that a bill of exceptions had been sealed by the court on their motion. The. record proceeded to state, that the cause afterwards came on for -argument on a motion for a…

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall

This action wa§ brought by Grant and Townsend against E. and H. Raymond, to recover damages for an infringement of their right under a patent gfanted to- the plaintiff Joseph Grant, in April 1825. It recited that a former patent had been issued in August 1821, to the same person for the same improvement, “ which had'been cancelled, owing to the defective specification on which the same was granted.” The exclusive privilege given by the patent on which the suit is brought, is to continue fourteen years from the day on which the original was issued.

One of the pleas filed by the defendants,…

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