New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-02
corET -oF COMMON PLEAs-J,se,

v1rK.oppISaRY LAW suIT-IsrEsTsrisG TO THy
HOLDERS or SiCAsAGuA STOCK.
Clarke }. hscdcns5 ss- .o'ners n VAr'on I'll I1's'
A complain. sss fled 70 Gay in This csse wherein
The L antn c.sns $50 eco ~ be due 10 h,m from Inc
afenaGvs fos services rendered % item ia N.;srsgua
ln 1855 loG sod 1857. lie seg hat the defendants
beng ss ests Of tee Nicaragua rr>ost Company tue
ooe a. Ssn tfancscs, and ne o.oer 81 Ne"-Iy9.n
toIned cOparlnersnip IN the oUsbsse Oh IRAN
passengers ana feght bet Seen California ana tne Az
hn:ic states, Uia N.csIsgus and for the Pupoee u
Obtaining revocation OF tee old charter sao ,no
lrg Of Anew one = 81 the pAItrership eao ~ ,;va
istons IN Transt stock Sc, 20 be o>seo on % - ,he
and authentic Information of the TsvocsIo" " cen'
charter; tha. the plaintiff went 70 Nces "a rists
teulber, 1855, encountered greet hsrush'H., e ~
Of health, life and lmb fro IA ehposuIse " "a all,
,pes M hostile Campo and besieged plsces, ana hnay
Accomplished his mission OF proeuIlo8 tpe reVocs-.on
of the od oh srtsr OF the Transit company, ano inc
or, charter for the benefit OF the deieDdsots,
"a .,,s,sS IN them the exclusive and authentic IN
fy,a,,on thereof; induced the Government OF Nica-
yscua 70 eel 20 then properly consshns Oh s.esnc
boat vhsrves, houses stores, @c., OK the vauc Oh
hsf mihou of dollars a. low prices, sccept 10 pay
men: worthless demands against OF the rival fac
tions a. five times their nominal value and TO iSsue to
the defendants $l00, coo 10 per cent bonds, &c.
We look for interesting revelations upon the tl1 OF
this action.
UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT-Jusr L-BefOre
Judge ISGERsolL, ard q Jury.
Conrad Poppenhusen a The New York Cua Perchs Comb
Company.
In ttle ecfOn the uefebudnLS were WIN Iuo
infringement Of two patents granted TO L. Otto ard T.
Meyer aud assigned to the plaintiff, one bearing date
the 2Otn day Of December, 1853, for ong greasing
the surface Of ndiarubber or guttapercn prepared
10 be yucsnized into what is known as the hard co
pound extensively used in the manufacture of COMBS
and other articles and to be- applied between the sur
face Of the prepared gum and the metal covering,
whether tnfoil Or solid metallic mode 70 prevent the
metal from adherng to the gum during the vulc lniz
ing process; and the other bearing dste the Al of
April 1884, for covering the surface Of such vacanz
able gums with tinfol equivalent sheet OF flexible
metal pressed in contact with the surface OF the gum,
to preserve during the vucaDizing process, the form
previously given TO the compound in the green or
Ilsssie state.
The defense set up was 6rs that the defendants did
not infringe; and second that i. Oto r. Meyer, the
pstentee, was not the original and fret inventor.
During the trial IL appeared thatthe defendants had
only used the oing process covered by the hrt pa
tent for shcrt time; bat it was clearly p.ovsd That
they had used the process covered by the second
patent, and were stall using it, although It was difficult
u prove the extent of and the amount OF damage
The object of the action 10 test the validity OF
the planti ps.ent and the charge Of Infringement,
both Of which questions were determined in favor OF
the plaintiff, that he can now proceed in equity TO
eDoin the defendants from the further Of these in
veptiOns.
The csse was contested at great length, and occn-
ped tho Court eleven days. For plaintiff, ID. Nj.
Keller snd +. B. Cutting and for defendant George
Clifford and L. w. Stougnton.
COURT CALENDAR-THIs DAY.
SUPREME COURr-CIRCUIT.-Psrt Ii.-N0e. S}7,
723 s9 s s67 s6e 97l s en- 49, $751; 9S3 9S 9S7 $685.
$751; seS, 9s5, s97, s99.