Stimpson v. Baltimore & Susquehanna Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Dis- ' trict of Maryland. The plaintiff in error brought an action in the court below, for an alleged infringement of his patent right by the defendant in error. The cause was not tried by a jury, but was submitted to the court upon the statement of facts hereinafter inserted. Judgment for the defendant, upon which the plaintiff sued out this writ of error. Statement of Facts.
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Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Dis- ' trict of Maryland. The plaintiff in error brought an action in the court below, for an alleged infringement of his patent right by the defendant in error. The cause was not tried by a jury, but was submitted to the court upon the statement of facts hereinafter inserted. Judgment for the defendant, upon which the plaintiff sued out this writ of error. Statement of Facts. It is agreed that the privilege of the invention set forth or referred to in the declaration was intended to be secured to the plaintiff by letters patent, dated…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Daniel
This case comes before, us upon a writ of error to the .Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maryland.
The plaintiff in error instituted in the Circuit Court his action on the case to recover of the defendant damages for an alleged infringement of a patent granted to the plaintiff on the 23d of August, 1831, and subsequently, under- the authority of the United States, renewed and extended to him for an additional space of seven years from the expiration of the first grant.
On the trial of this suit upon the plea of not guilty, the parties by agreement submitted their cause to…
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