May v. Board of Com'rs of Logan Co.
United States Circuit Court
On Demurrers to Plaintiff’s Petitions. These are actions to recover of the defendants for alleged infringements of a patent, issued October 4, 1859, to Edwin May, for an improvement in the construction of prisons.
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On Demurrers to Plaintiff’s Petitions. These are actions to recover of the defendants for alleged infringements of a patent, issued October 4, 1859, to Edwin May, for an improvement in the construction of prisons. The original term of the patent was fourteen years, which was subsequently extended for seven years, the extension expiring October 4, 1880. The patentee, a resident of Indianapolis, died testate February 27, 1880. Edwin Forrest May, appointed executor of his last will March 6, 1880, resigned June 7, 1880, when George F. McGinnis was appointed administrator de bonis non, with the…
1Opinion of the CourtJackson, J.
The plaintiff makes no claim against the defendant counties for the infringement or use of the patented apparatus previous to-the fourth day of October, 1873, the date at which the extended term of the patent commenced. The petition, which in all essential particulars maj7, be treated and regarded as a declaration in an action on the case, avers that the defendant counties, “on the fourth day of October, 1873, and up to and on the fourth day of October, 1880, and within and during the term of seven years mentioned in the certificate of extension of said letters patent, and after the granting…
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