Wells v. Gill
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey
In equity. Motion for provisional injunction. Suit [by Eliza Wells against John Gill and George H. Gill] brought upon reissued letters patent for improvement in machinery for making hat-bodies, No. 2,942, dated May 19, 180S, granted to Eliza Wells, as administratrix of Henry A. Wells, deceased.
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In equity. Motion for provisional injunction. Suit [by Eliza Wells against John Gill and George H. Gill] brought upon reissued letters patent for improvement in machinery for making hat-bodies, No. 2,942, dated May 19, 180S, granted to Eliza Wells, as administratrix of Henry A. Wells, deceased. The history of the patent, the claims of the original and the subsequent reissues, together with engravings of the machine, will be found in the report of Wells v. Jacques [Case No. 17,399]. In connection with the case of Wells v. Gill was argued the case of Eliza Wells v. Tates, the questions involved…
1Opinion of the Court
STRONG, Circuit Justice.
To comprehend fully the merits of this motion, a brief statement of the facts exhibited by the proofs will be convenient. It appears that on April 25, 1846, letters patent for a hat-body manufacturing-machine were granted to Henry A. Wells, and that the patent was afterward extended seven years from April 25, I860. The patentee having died, a further extension, by virtue of a special act of congress, was granted to Eliza Wells, the present complainant, as administratrix of the original inventor. This second extension was for seven years from April 25,1867. The extended…
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