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Campbell v. James

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York

Decided August 14, 1879PublishedCited by 3 opinions

[In equity. Bill by Christopher C. Campbell against Thomas L. James, Charles Eddy, Horace T. Caswell, and Samuel R. Clexton.]

1Opinion of the Court

WHEELER, District Judge.

This suit is brought for relief against alleged infringements of letters patent [No. 38,175] for an improvement in post-office postmarking and cancelling hand-stamps, originally granted to Marcus P. Norton, on the 14th day of April, 1863, and re-issued to Jacob Shavor and Albert C. Corse, on the 23d day of August, 1864, to Marcus P. Norton, on the 3d' day of August, 1869, and to Helen M. Ingalls, on the 4th day of October, 1870, in division A, numbered 4,143. The principal defences set up and relied upon are, that Norton was not the first inventor; that there was no…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Elizabeth v. Pavement Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. James v. CampbellSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  3. Cammeyer v. NewtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  4. Isham v. Bennington Iron Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1847
  5. Fullam v. StearnsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1857

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Minerals Separation, Ltd. v. Miami Copper Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 1921
  2. Head v. PorterU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1891
  3. Jonathan Mills Manuf'g Co. v. WhitehurstU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern Ohio · 1893

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