Brown v. Selby
U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois
In equity. This was a bill [Ly George W. Brown against James Selby and others] to restrain the defendants from infringing letters patent [No. 9,893] for “an improvement in seed planters,” granted to complainant August 2, 1853, antedated February 2, 1853, re-issued February 16, 1S58, and again reissued September 11, 1860, in five divisions, numbered 1,036, 1,037,1,038,1,039,1,040; and also letters patent [No. 12,811] for “an improvement in seed planters,” granted to…
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In equity. This was a bill [Ly George W. Brown against James Selby and others] to restrain the defendants from infringing letters patent [No. 9,893] for “an improvement in seed planters,” granted to complainant August 2, 1853, antedated February 2, 1853, re-issued February 16, 1S58, and again reissued September 11, 1860, in five divisions, numbered 1,036, 1,037,1,038,1,039,1,040; and also letters patent [No. 12,811] for “an improvement in seed planters,” granted to complainant May 8,1855, re-issued November 10, 1S57, and again re-issued December 11, 1860, in five divisions, 1,091, 1,092,…
1Opinion of the Court
DRUMMOND, Circuit Judge.
This and three other cases were argued together, and as one of the cases was pending in the southern district the argument was heard by Judge Treat and myself. They have been argued with great ability, and every consideration urged which could influence the judg*431ment of the court. They involve substantially the same questions and will be decided together. They relate to various patents for a corn planting machine issued to the plaintiff and to the defendants (for all claim to be manufacturing machines under the protection of patents), but the controversy turns mainly…
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