Woodman v. Stimpson
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
This was an action on the case [by Charles T. Woodman against James C. Stimpson] tried by LuWELL, District Judge, and a jury, which was brought to recover damages for the infringement of letters patent for an “improved machine for ornamenting leather,” granted to Charles T. Woodman, March 29, 1804. The invention consisted in producing a pebbled or boarded grain or finish upon leather, by subjecting it to the pressure of a short revolving cylinder or roller of steel or other…
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This was an action on the case [by Charles T. Woodman against James C. Stimpson] tried by LuWELL, District Judge, and a jury, which was brought to recover damages for the infringement of letters patent for an “improved machine for ornamenting leather,” granted to Charles T. Woodman, March 29, 1804. The invention consisted in producing a pebbled or boarded grain or finish upon leather, by subjecting it to the pressure of a short revolving cylinder or roller of steel or other metal, having the required design or figure engraved upou its periphery, and rolling over a table supported by springs…
1Opinion of the CourtLowell, District Judge
(charging jury): I congratulate you that we have got so near the end of our labors in this case. The questions of law which apply to it have not been fully argued in- your hearing, because it has happened to be more convenient for counsel to take them up at a time when you were not present, and when it was more for your convenience not to be present. I shall endeavor to explain my views "in such a way that, whether right or wrong, they can not be misunderstood; because if they are wrong, either party can have recourse to the supreme court of the United States, by which any such points of law…
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