Legal Opinion

Roemer v. Bernheim

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 11, 1889No. 52PublishedCited by 26 opinions

APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT .COURT OF THE' UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This was a bill in equity for the infringement of letters patent No. 208,541, granted to the plaintiff September 1,1878, for improvements in locks for satchels, with the following specification and claims: “Be it known that I, William Roemér, of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and improved lock for satchels, travelling-bags, &c., of which the…

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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT .COURT OF THE' UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This was a bill in equity for the infringement of letters patent No. 208,541, granted to the plaintiff September 1,1878, for improvements in locks for satchels, with the following specification and claims: “Be it known that I, William Roemér, of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and improved lock for satchels, travelling-bags, &c., of which the following is a specification : “ This invention relates to certain improvements in the construction of lock-cases of the…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray

After the case had been heard and decided upon its merits, the plaintiff could not .file a disclaimer in court, or introduce new evidence upon that or any other subject, -except at a rehearing granted by the court, upon such terms as it thought fit to impose. The granting or refusal, absolute or conditional, of a rehearing in equity, as of a new trial at law, rests in the discretion of the court in which the case has been heard or tried, and is not a subject of appeal. The terms imposed as a condition precedent to a rehearing not having been complied with, the disclaimer was not in the case.

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2Cited by26 opinions

  1. Wayne United Gas Co. v. Owens-Illinois Glass Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
  2. Pfister v. Northern Illinois Finance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
  3. First Trust & Savings Bank v. Iowa-Wisconsin Bridge Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1938
  4. Gairing Tool Co. v. Eclipse Interchangeable Counterbore Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1931
  5. Roemer v. NeumannSupreme Court of the United States · 1889

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