Legal Opinion

Pneumatic Gas Co. v. Berry

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 2, 1885No. 143PublishedCited by 34 opinions

APPEAL EKOM THE CIRCUIT COURT'OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN. The facts which make- the case are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Eield

This case comes before us on appeal from the decree of the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The facts, so far as necessary to present the point of our decision, are as follows:

In 1869, and previous to March of that year, several persons interested in a patent for the manufacture of illuminating gas, and gas machines known as “ Rand’s Patent,” for the States of Michigan, 'Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa, agreed to unite their interests, obtain an act of incorporation from the legislature of Illinois and do business in Chicago. They accordingly applied to the legislature of the…

2Cited by34 opinions

  1. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Keokuk & Hamilton Bridge Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1889
  2. Union Pac. Ry. Co. v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1892
  3. Nye v. StorerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
  4. London & Lancashire Indemnity Co. of America v. Fairbanks Steam Shovel Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1925
  5. Scott County v. Advance-Rumley Thresher Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1923

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