Colgate v. International Ocean Tel. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
[In equity. Bill by Clinton G. Colgate against the International Ocean Telegraph Company to enjoin infringement of letters patent No. 65,019. granted to George B. Simpson, May 21, 1S67, for an improvement in insulating submarine cables.]
1Opinion of the Court
BLATCHFORD, Circuit Judge.
The motion for a preliminary injunction in this case is opposed, on special grounds not involving the construction or validity of the plaintiffs patent, or the question of infringement.
The defendant is a corporation created under the laws of the state of New York, prior to January 2d. 1SGG. On that day an act was passed by the legislature of the state of Florida, granting to said corporation “the sole and exclusive right and privilege,” for 21 *83years from the date of the act, “of landing a submarine telegraphic cable or cables, on the shore, sea coast, islands, keys,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cammeyer v. NewtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
3Cited by1 opinion
- Wirt v. HicksU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1891