Stimpson v. Woodman
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the- • District of Massachusetts.- ■ Woodman sued Stimpson, in the court below, to recover damages for an infringement of a patent granted on the 29th March, 1864, for “ a new and useful machine for ornamenting leather,” as stated in the letters patent.
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Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the- • District of Massachusetts.- ■ Woodman sued Stimpson, in the court below, to recover damages for an infringement of a patent granted on the 29th March, 1864, for “ a new and useful machine for ornamenting leather,” as stated in the letters patent. In the specification the plaintiff stated that he has “invented a new and useful improvement in boarding or pebbling leather,” and describes how this process was formerly carried on. He says: “ What is known as a boarded or pebbled grain or finish, has hitherto been given to leather by what…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
Taking the evidence as stated in the bill of exceptions, it will be seen that the only difference between the. prior machine and the plaintiff’s, • in its combination and arrangement, and in its workiug and effect upon the leather, is that the metallic roller in the former had a smooth, and in the latter a figured surface. In- all other respects the two machines were the same; But, as also appears in the bill of exceptions,'this figured revolving'roller was old, and the use of it in pebbling leather was also old and well known. Neither the plaintiff'nor the defendant could claim any right to…
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