Birdsall v. Coolidge
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United- States for the District of Nevada.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
Juries, in an action at law for the infringement of a patent, are required to find the actual damages sustained by the plaintiff in consequence of the unlawful acts of the defendant. Power is given to the court, in such a case, to enter judgment for any sum above the amount of the verdict, not 'exceeding three times the amount of the same, together with costs; but the jury are strictly limited in their finding to- the actual damages which the plaintiff has sustained by the -infringement. 16 Stat. 207; 5 id. 123; Rev. Stat., sect.' 4914, p. 960.
Damages are given as a compensation, recompense,…
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