Greenwood v. Dover
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Rhode Island. Suit in equity by George W. Dover and others against Thomas F. Greenwood and others. Decree for complainants and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
This is a proceeding under section 4915 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3392), amended as hereinafter set out. The section has been so fully stated or abstracted in the decisions to which we will refer that we do not deem it necessary to recite it here. We will describe the parties as Greenwood and Dover. The patent issued to Greenwood, and Dover filed a bill in equity under section 4915 in the Circuit Court, and there prevailed, and Greenwood appealed to us. Dover claims that the proceeding in the Circuit Court was in no way in the nature of an appeal,…
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