Sewall v. Jones
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maine. This suit was brought by Jones, assignee of Winslow? against Clark, and revived after Ms death, against Sewáll, his administrator. Jones alleged that Clark had infringed certain patents for an improvement in preserving Indian com, granted to Wins-low ; and he prayed for an injunction and an account. A decree was rendered for the complainant. . The defendant appealed.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maine. This suit was brought by Jones, assignee of Winslow? against Clark, and revived after Ms death, against Sewáll, his administrator. Jones alleged that Clark had infringed certain patents for an improvement in preserving Indian com, granted to Wins-low ; and he prayed for an injunction and an account. A decree was rendered for the complainant. . The defendant appealed. Four patents were granted to Winslow; but it is only necessary to set forth two which were held good in the court below. The principal defence relied…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hunt
delivered the opinion of the court..
Jones, as assignee of four several patents for a new and useful improvement in preserving Indian corn, brought his action against Clark, the original defendant, alleging infringements of the same. These patents were issued to Isaac Wins-low,'and were as follows: viz., No. 34,928, dated April 8,1862, “ for a new and useful improvement in preserving Indian corn; ” No. 35,274, dated May 13, 1862, “for a new and useful improvement in preserving green corn;h No. 35,346, dated May 20, 1862, and No. 36,326, dated Aug. 26,1862.
The two patents last above mentioned…
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