Appleton v. Bacon
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia. On, the. 7th of December, 1858, the appellants, Appleton, filed their bill in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia for an injunction to . restrain the defendant, Bacon, from using, selling or trading with, or otherwise employing a certain patent right for a new and improved mode of folding paper invented by defendant, North, which had been issued by the Patent Office to the…
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This was an appeal from the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia. On, the. 7th of December, 1858, the appellants, Appleton, filed their bill in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia for an injunction to . restrain the defendant, Bacon, from using, selling or trading with, or otherwise employing a certain patent right for a new and improved mode of folding paper invented by defendant, North, which had been issued by the Patent Office to the defendant, Bacon, on the 10th of August, 1858.' And also from constructing or authorizing to be constructed any machine…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice NELSON;
This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia.
The bill was filed by the plaintiffs against the defendant, Bacon, to compel him to surrender and cancel letters patent for á new and useful machine for folding paper, granted 10th of August, 1858. Both parties set up a claim to the invention as assignees of John North, the inventor. The assignments to the plaintiffs were made under- the dates of 12th of August, 1858, and 7th July, 1859. The defendant claims under an agreement made between North and the American Book and Paper Folding…
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