Legal Opinion

Jacob P. Wilson v. Daniel Barnum

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 26, 1850PublishedCited by 9 opinions

This case came up from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania upon a certificate of division in opinion between the. judges thereof. It is not necessary to do. more than insert the- statement of facts and point of division, as they are found in the record. - Statement of Pacts and Point of Division of Judges.

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This case came up from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania upon a certificate of division in opinion between the. judges thereof. It is not necessary to do. more than insert the- statement of facts and point of division, as they are found in the record. - Statement of Pacts and Point of Division of Judges. United States of America, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. . At á Circuit Court of the United States, begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, on the 13th day of November, in the year of our Lord 1849.…

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Chief Justiee TANEY

delivered the opinion of the court.

This case comes before the court upon a certificate of division, and has been submitted on printed arguments.

The plaintiff, who claims as assignee of what is generally called the-Wdodworth patent, filed a.bill in equity, praying an injunction against the defendant to restrain him from using a certain machine, in which, as the complainant charged, boards .were planed, tongued, and grooved in the same manner as in the Woodworth machine; the machine of the defendant operating in the same way in every respect as the one for which the…

2Cited by9 opinions

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  2. United States v. WaddellSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  3. Jewell v. KnightSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  4. Tights, Inc. v. The Honorable Edwin M. Stanley, Chief Judge, United States District Court Forthe Middle District of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971
  5. A. Dennistoun & Co. v. StewartSupreme Court of the United States · 1856

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