Read v. Bowman
Supreme Court of the United States
Read & Whitaker were inventors of four improvements in reaping and. mowing machines, the principal one being what was called- a “ tubular finger-barand in 1856 were in partnership, under the name of Lloyd, Whitaker & Co., with two persons named Lloyd & Bowman; these last-named persons using the" improvements with them, though not in any way inventors.
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Read & Whitaker were inventors of four improvements in reaping and. mowing machines, the principal one being what was called- a “ tubular finger-barand in 1856 were in partnership, under the name of Lloyd, Whitaker & Co., with two persons named Lloyd & Bowman; these last-named persons using the" improvements with them, though not in any way inventors. On 27th .December, 1856, Read & Whitaker applied for a patent; their application giving authority to Mr. Hanna, of Washington, whom they appointed their solicitor, “ to alter or modify the drawings, specifications, and claims thereunto attached,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. The principal question in the case arises upon the exceptions of the defendants to the instructions given by the court to the jury. Other exceptions were taken by the defendants to the rulings of the court, and to the refusal of the court to instruct the jury as requested; but the whole substance of the controversy between the parties, and of the errors assigned in the record, is involved in the exceptions to the instructions of the court. Defendant in error and the first-named plaintiff…
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