Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty, of City of New York v. Ransom
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the southern district of New York.- The ease is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Grier
The plaintiffs in error were defendants in an action for infringement of a patent, “for a new and useful improvement in the mode of applying water to fire-engines so as to render their operation more efficient.”
On the trial, they took some twenty-four exceptions to the rulings of the court in their charge to the jury; but they have not seen fit to appear in this court, and point out to us on which of these numerous exceptions they principally rely for the reversal of the judgment. The defendants in error have not elected to have the writ of error dismissed for want of prosecution, but have…
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