Rich v. Lippincott
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Pennsylvania
This was an action on the case [by Cran-dale Rich, Almon Buff, and John G. Stephen against Joseph Lippincott and William C. Barr] tried by Mr. Justice Grier and a jury, to recover damages for the infringement of letters patent [No. 3,117] granted to Daniel Fitzgerald, June 1, 1S43, for an “improvement in fire-proof chests and safes.”
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This was an action on the case [by Cran-dale Rich, Almon Buff, and John G. Stephen against Joseph Lippincott and William C. Barr] tried by Mr. Justice Grier and a jury, to recover damages for the infringement of letters patent [No. 3,117] granted to Daniel Fitzgerald, June 1, 1S43, for an “improvement in fire-proof chests and safes.” The same patent was involved in the case of Adams v. Edwards [Case No. 53], The patent was by mesne assignment vested in the plaintiffs, with the exception of New York and the New England states. The following is an abstract of the specification in the words of…
1Opinion of the CourtGrier, Circuit Justice
(charging jury). The plaintiffs claim to be the assignees of a patent granted to Daniel Fitzgerald June 1, 1S43. In April, 1839, previous to the issuing of the patent, Daniel Fitzgerald sold and assigned his inchoate right to his discovery or invention to Enos Wilder. The assignment, though antecedent to the patent, has been decided to be a valid legal assignment of the invention afterward patented in the name of the inventor. Enos Wilder afterward (September l,t 1843). assigned all his right and title to Benjamin G. Wilder, and on June 2D, 1847, Benjamin G. Wilder assigned the same (with the…
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