Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-11-08
MocoRMICK'S REARING MACHINE.

The case oil Cyrus II. Mccormick vs.. William IL
Seymour Il Dayton ). Morgan. Of R,ckpnt (NY)
which has hc.n trial IN the uniied States Circuit
Court Tor the North,In District Of New Yrrk for a
week. resulted yesterday verdict I'll 100 for iI.
plalnuf J he suit was brought for the infringement
Of tw" Patents granted Ia Mr. Mccormick Tor ian
ProvrInents III rclpng machincs-one, January 3ls.
1915. aud the o'hrr October 23d, 1917.
The case has been tried heiure-in October 1851
aud resulted then, as now, in verdict for the plaintiff
That trial was confined To the pitent Of 1917 alunc
the plaintiff having elected cUnine il, IN coise.
qncncs "f the aegci absence Of witness for the de
cndants as 10 the pient 81 1915, which ground the
Defendants sought put the tiial altogether. The
defendants then carried the c,se 10 the Supreme Couft
Of the United States, where the Judgment of the C0u
below was reversed and new trial granted, solely on
account OF an error IN the charge Of the CUuTt upon the
question OF damages. pom all other rpiBs the in
stiucpns and rulings below expressly confirmed
The validity Of the pa ent Of 1917 thereby fully
established, the rill very horougl one, and
every thing adduced that could DO To destroy the
novelty Of The Inventions cIyered by the PATENT
IBis pitent Of 1917 embraces, its main feature
the invention Of an arrangement whereby a sea,
~ position IL secured upon the machine for tibet
faker who iakes The cut grain from the plat
form up1n which II is deposited by the reel. This
patent Of l8i7 iessled 10 1861 and since the rec,
injunction has been granted by the Court against
Srymaur Il Morgan 10 restrain them from violating
tiiai patent by making reaplog machines embracing
Arrangement for Iakers seat or position upon the
chine.
The trial which has just been had was upon tho pa
Of 1915 alone the Court having held that by the
reissue Of the original paient Of 1917 pending this SUIT
the pllnu had ablndIned all claim for damages in the
suit, for the nrnle OF that original patent. The
trial was thu refore, confined TO the patent Of S45 and
was thoroughly aud ably conducted by Henry X. Sci.
den, John K. Porter and Nicholas Hill, Jr.. Esg5. on
the part Of ihe defence. the plaintiff being represented
| by Gov Seward and Charles NJ. Keller and Samuel
Dlsichford. Esqs.. as his counsel.
The offences up those Of want Of novelty
non Infringement and abandonment. The inventions
coveted by this patent Of 1916 relate To the improve
10 The cutting apparatus Of the inichc, by which
that operation is made complete; and To the arrange
ments for dividing the gain, by which in connection
the reel perfect separation OF the grain ~ be cut
from that u be left sanding is secured. The impor
ance Of those Improvements the successful and per-
feet operations OF tho machine IN all situations and
conditions Of the crop, to have been very clearly
| established.
| Thus the novelty, as well as Importance, Of this
great American inycnua have been indicated by an
American Jury in Court Of Justice, aud the award Of
the Council Medal u McCmnck's Reaper at the
Worlds Fair in London in 1851, as the most useful
single article there exhibited, has met with response
from this side Of tho water which will go Ear To refute
the truth Of the common saying that "Republib, afe
ungalefal" 5 ~ Z. i.t1 III 1911 ..t
| GAuG-soyeral Of our sportsnen have been playing
havoc With the pa,iridges for the past few weeks Ere