Guidet v. Brooklyn
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from 'the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. This is -a bill in equity, filed Jan. 29,' 1874, by Charles Guidet, against the city of Brooklyn, wherein he alleges that the defendant was then making and using a. stone pavement which, in whole or in • part, was substantially the same in construction and operation as that for which , reissued letters-patent No. 4106, bearing date Aug. 23, 1870, were granted to him. • The prayer of the…
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Appeal from 'the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. This is -a bill in equity, filed Jan. 29,' 1874, by Charles Guidet, against the city of Brooklyn, wherein he alleges that the defendant was then making and using a. stone pavement which, in whole or in • part, was substantially the same in construction and operation as that for which , reissued letters-patent No. 4106, bearing date Aug. 23, 1870, were granted to him. • The prayer of the bill is for an injunction and account.. The answer of the city denies the alleged infringement of the letters, and sets…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
• The invention of Guidet covered by his reissued patent may fáirly be stated thus: “ Take stone blocks in the form of parallelopipeds, with the ends sufficiently smooth, and the sides sufficiently rough, and- put them together in a street pavement so that the ends will be parallel to the street, and the sides at right angles.” How large the blocks should be,'how smooth' the ends, or how rough the sides, is nowhere stated. All that is left to. the judgment and' skill of him who does the woi’k.
The evidence leaves no doubt whatever in our minds that pavements made of blocks of stone ..broken…
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