Wilson v. Simpson
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for Louisiana. It was a continuation of the case of Simpson et al. v. Wilson, reported in 4 Howard, 710, where a statement of the case is given, which need not be here repeated. All the documents relating to the patent and transfer of Woodworth’s planing-machine are set forth in extenso in' the case of Wilson v. .Rousseau et al., 4 Howard, 647, et seq.
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This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for Louisiana. It was a continuation of the case of Simpson et al. v. Wilson, reported in 4 Howard, 710, where a statement of the case is given, which need not be here repeated. All the documents relating to the patent and transfer of Woodworth’s planing-machine are set forth in extenso in' the case of Wilson v. .Rousseau et al., 4 Howard, 647, et seq. The-report of the case in 4 Howard shows that the two following questions were certified to this court, viz.: — ' “ 1. Whether, by law, the extension and renewal of the said patent…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice WAYNI ¡
delivered the opinion of the court.
In the argument of this case, the counsel for the appellant put his right to the relief sought by his bill upon two points. We will consider them in the order in which they were presented. -
The appellant’s first point is, that the title and right of the defendants to use the Woodworth invention are taken from them by the fraud and artifice of Emmons, Tyack, Toogood, and Halstead, in procuring from Woodworth and Strong the deed of the 28th of December, 1829. (Rec. 51, 52.)
The fraud alleged in the bill is, that Emmons, having pirated…
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