International Postal Supply Co. v. Bruce
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. This case came before the court on the following certificate for instructions : “The complainant as the owner of letters patent of the United States for new and useful improvements in stamp cancelling and postmarking machines, brought a bill in equity against the defendant, who is postmaster of the United States post office at .Syracuse, New York, complaining of the use in said post office, of two…
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CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. This case came before the court on the following certificate for instructions : “The complainant as the owner of letters patent of the United States for new and useful improvements in stamp cancelling and postmarking machines, brought a bill in equity against the defendant, who is postmaster of the United States post office at .Syracuse, New York, complaining of the use in said post office, of two machines, which infringe the complainant's letters patent, and praying for an injunction against the farther use of said…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This case is governed by Belknap v. Schild, 161 U. S. 10. There an injunction was sought against the Commandant of the United States Navy Yard at Mare Island, California, and some of his subordinates, to prevent the use of a caisson gate in the dry dock at that place, contrary to the rights of the plaintiff as patentee.' The case was-heard on pleas setting up that the caisson gate was made and used by the United States for public purposes, and, as they were construed, .that it was the property of the United States. The pleas were held bad as answers to the'whole bill, because the bill also…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- United States v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Belknap v. SchildSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Tindal v. WesleySupreme Court of the United States · 1897
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