Brett v. Quintard

Shipman, D. J.

This is a bill in equity, originally in favor of Eliza Wells, as administratrix of the estate of Henry A. Wells, to restrain Elbridge Brown from the infringement by tlie use of the “Gill machine” of reissued letters patent of May 19, 1868, No. 2,942, for “improvements in machinery for making bat bodies of l'ur,” commonly known as the “hat-body patent.” Since the commencement of the suit the plaintiff and defendant have both died. The present plaintiffs are the administratrix and the administrator of the estate of Henry A. Wells. The defendant is the administrator of the estate…