Stevens v. Gladding
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the circuit court of the United States for the district of Rhode Island. It was a branch of the case of Stevens v. Cady, reported in 14 How. 528, and the difference between the two cases is stated in the opinion of the court. The decree of the circuit court was as follows: — Decree.
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This was an appeal from the circuit court of the United States for the district of Rhode Island. It was a branch of the case of Stevens v. Cady, reported in 14 How. 528, and the difference between the two cases is stated in the opinion of the court. The decree of the circuit court was as follows: — Decree. This cause came on to be heard on the bill, answer, replication, depositions, and other papers in the case, and after the hearing, it is ordered by the court that the follow'ng entry be made on the minutes in relation to the same: — “ The court differ in opinion as to the effect of the sale…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Curtis
The appellant filed his bill in the circuit court of the United States for the district of Rhode Island, to restrain the defendants from printing and publishing a map of that State, whereof he claimed to be the exclusive proprietor, .under the act of congress- of February 3,1831, concerning copyrights of maps, &c. The defendants admit that they have sold such maps, but allege that a copperplate, owned by the plaintiff, was duly sold on an execution which issued on a judgment recovered against the plaintiff, in the court of common pleas for the county of Bristol, in the State of Massachusetts,…
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