Western Telegraph Company v. Penniman
Supreme Court of the United States
This case, like the preceding,.was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the Unitéd States for the district of Maryland, and was a branch of the same case. The case is stated- in the opinion of the court, and was argued by the same counsel as the preceding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McLEAN
delivered the opiniorrof the court.
' This case is before us by an appeal from the Circuit'Court of the United States fo'r the district of Maryland.
The Western Telegraph Company, a corporation incorporated, by the States of Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, have filed their bill against George C. Penniman and John King, citizens of Maryland, and charges them with the viola-, tion of the patented rights Of the Western Telegraph Company, under a contract made with Morse, Yail, and Sihith, dated the 8th of March, 1840. The above-named persons are alleged to 'be the sole proprietors of the…
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