Tyler v. Tuel
Supreme Court of the United States
THIS was a case certified from the circuit court of the district of Vermont, Tyler. and others, as assignees of Benjamin Tyler, the original patentee of an improvement in grist-mills, which he called the wry-fly, or side wheel. After a verdict for the plaimiífs, the judges of the court below, upon a motion in arrest of judgment, were divided in opiniotn upon the question “ whether the plaintiffs, by their.own showing, are legal assignees to maintain this action.”
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THIS was a case certified from the circuit court of the district of Vermont, Tyler. and others, as assignees of Benjamin Tyler, the original patentee of an improvement in grist-mills, which he called the wry-fly, or side wheel. After a verdict for the plaimiífs, the judges of the court below, upon a motion in arrest of judgment, were divided in opiniotn upon the question “ whether the plaintiffs, by their.own showing, are legal assignees to maintain this action.” There were two counts in the declaration. The first set forth the substance of the statutes upon the subject of patents for useful…
1Opinion of the Court
*327. It is the opinion of the court that the plaintiffs, by their own showing, are not legal assignees to maintain this action, in their own names, and that the judgment of the circuit court be arrested,
2Cited by1 opinion
- Tyler and Others v. TuelSupreme Court of the United States · 1810