Hiram Holt Co. v. Wadsworth

.Wallace, J.

The facts in this case, as appears by the agreed statement of the parties, are as follows: Hiram Holt, of Farmington, in the state of Maine, began the manufacture of hay-knives in the early part of the year 1871, under certain letters patent of the United States granted to George F. Weymouth, of Dresden, Me., dated March 7, 1871, and numbered 112,400; the said Hiram Holt being the owner of said letters patent. Sometime in the month of May, 1872, after he had become the owner of said patent, and began said business, Hiram Holt devised, -as a name to be applied to hay-knives…