Legal Opinion
Gamewell Fire-Alarm Telegraph Co. v. City of Brooklyn
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York
Decided November 15, 1882PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWallace, C. J.
The complainant, by mesne transfers, is vested with the exclusive right to make, use, and vend the patented invention “for the following purposes and no others; that is to say, for the purpose of constructing and operating telegraph wires and instruments within the corporate limits of any of the incorporated cities or villages, or other incorporated municipalities analogous to cities and villages, in any of the states and territories of the United States, when said telegraph lines and instruments are used solely by the municipal authorities for fire-alarms or the transmission of police or…
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