Legal Opinion
Estey v. Burdett
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 7, 1884PublishedCited by 19 opinions
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR . THE DISTRICT OF VERMONT. Bill in equity for infringement of a patent for reed celeste organs.
1Opinion of the Court
Hr. Justice Blatchford
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a suit in'equity brought for the infringement of letters patent No. 87,241, .granted February 23d, ,1869, to Biley Burdett, the plaintiff, for 17 years from August 24th, 1868, for an “ improvement in reed organs.” The specification of the patent is in these words: • '
“Figure 1 is aiperspective view of one of my reed celeste organs. Figure 2 is a diagram plan, showing the relative arrangement of the reeds. Figure 3 is a vertical transverse section of my reed-boards, &c. This invention consists, first, in the arrangement of the…
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