Legal Opinion

Hotchkiss v. Fitzgerald Patent Prepared Plaster Co.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided November 30, 1895PublishedCited by 22 opinions

cited Daniel Neg. Inst. § 826-831; 102 IT. S. 25; Eob. Pat. § 855 el seq.; 23 W. Va. 253; Eob. Pat. § 863; 37 Fed. Eep. 92; 24 Blatch. 289; Eob. Pat. § 241, notes to § 243 and § 258; 5 Batm. and A. 53; 91 IT. S. 151; 2 Blatch. 474, 194; 5 McLean, 44; 1 Wash. 168; 3 Bann. and A. 616; 6 Fisher, 575; 15 How. 330; 10 Blatch. 122; Eob. on Pat. § 195; 16 Ill. 214 and 207; 15 Am. St. Eep. 806; 1 Beach, Mod. Eq. Juris, p. 78, § 76 et n; 12 How. 57; 66 Ga. 250; Am. and Eng. Eric.

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cited Daniel Neg. Inst. § 826-831; 102 IT. S. 25; Eob. Pat. § 855 el seq.; 23 W. Va. 253; Eob. Pat. § 863; 37 Fed. Eep. 92; 24 Blatch. 289; Eob. Pat. § 241, notes to § 243 and § 258; 5 Batm. and A. 53; 91 IT. S. 151; 2 Blatch. 474, 194; 5 McLean, 44; 1 Wash. 168; 3 Bann. and A. 616; 6 Fisher, 575; 15 How. 330; 10 Blatch. 122; Eob. on Pat. § 195; 16 Ill. 214 and 207; 15 Am. St. Eep. 806; 1 Beach, Mod. Eq. Juris, p. 78, § 76 et n; 12 How. 57; 66 Ga. 250; Am. and Eng. Eric. Law, p. 84, 91; 32 Mich. 242; 17 Ill. 175; 11 Iowa, 198; 19 Brad. (Ill.) 375; Eob. Pat. § 1231; 14 W. Va. 28; 21 W. Va.…

1Opinion of the Court

Holt, President:

On appeal taken by all parties to a decree entered on the 29th day of July, 1898, by the Circuit Court of Cabell county, dismissing plaintiffs’ bill, and denying the defendants affirmative relief.

In the year 1888 two letters patent (Nos. 391,889 and 391,390) were granted by the United States to John II. Fitzgerald, a citizen of Frankford, state of West Virginia, for certain improved plastering compounds. By contract dated- day of -, Fitzgerald sold, assigned, and transferred said invention, for all the territory of the United States lying east of the Mississippi river, to the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Swift v. TysonSupreme Court of the United States · 1842
  2. Railroad Co. v. National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  3. Handy v. Scott, Baker & Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1885
  4. Hanly v. WattersonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1894
  5. Lyttle v. CozadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1882

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Thompson v. Whitaker Iron Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Ralston v. Town of WestonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1899
  3. Tibbs v. ZirkleWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1904
  4. Dudley v. NiswanderWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
  5. Smith v. WhiteWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1913

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