Le Roy v. Tatham
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the southern district of New York, sitting in equity.
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This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the southern district of New York, sitting in equity. It was a bill filed by the Tathams against the appellants, for an infringement of the patent for making lead pipe, which is particularly described in a former case reported in 14 Howard, 156. The Circuit Court decreed that John Hanson and Charles Hanson, of England, were the first and original inventors and discoverers of the improvement in making pipes and tubes from metallic substances, set forth and described in the bill of complaint. That the subject matter of the said…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McLEAN
This is an appeal from the final decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the southern district .of New York, on a bill filed by the appellees to restrain the infringement by the appellants of a patent for making lead pipe, and for general relief.
A suit at law was commenced, after the filing of the bill, on or about the 10th of May, 1847, to recover damages for the same infringement.
This action was twice tried — once on the 3d May, 1848, and resulted in a verdict for the appellants, which was set aside by the court, and a new trial awarded. It was tried in May, 1849, when the jury…
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