Duff v. Gilliland

GRAY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The case in the court below was made by a bill in equity, brought by Edward J. Duff against Alexander Gilliland, trustee, and against him and the other defendants Bradley, his partners doing business under the firm name of Duff Patents Company.

The complainant, who is a citizen and resident of England, was the inventor and patentee of a gas producer, patented in England and afterwards in the United States. In 1893 he had a brother, Alfred B. Duff, residing…