May v. Saginaw Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Michigan
Oil Motion for Xew Trial. Tins was an action of trespass on the caso, for the infringement of a patented improvement in the construction of prisons. The patent having expired, the case was begun at law, tried by a jury-, and a verdict ‘rendered for the plaintiff in the sum of §1,500. Defendant thereupon moved for a new trial, upon the grounds stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The first reason assigned for a now trial, viz., that a county cannot be sued for the infringement of a patent, is covered by the decision of Judge Jackson, of this circuit, in May v. County of Logan, 30 Fed. Rep. 250, and is no longer open to question in this court. *630The second ground, that the county is not suable without showing notice of demand, is based upon that provision of the state constitution vesting in the board of supervisors “exclusive power * * * to adjust all claims against their respective counties, and the sum so fixed and defined shall be subject to no appeal.” This…
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