The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-08-10
TORPEDOES.
THE ROBERTS
PETROLEUM TORPEDO Co.
Office at the
RED planning MILL.
Corner OF Pine and SecOud Streets.
Near the Natircal,)
ITUSVILLE. PA.

Owing to the large and increasing demand for the
Roberts Torpedoes. and the late decision of the
Commissioner Of Patents In refiising to VIM Reed
patent. a,d the decision of judge r. q Gricr sus.
t&ining the Roberts, patent they have LOWERED
The psiee Of their TorpedOts
TWENTY PER CENT.
go that ev"ry Operator can afford 10 try Torpedo
before abandoning Well.
The following sthc decision rendered by Judgc
Sries on the tweRty-second (22) dav of Se,itenbcr
1S& In the United States Circuit Court at pllnde
phfa The oase was argued three days bv Charles
NJ Keller Of New York, d. +. Lucas and s. A. Pnr
yiance of Pittsburgh, for defendants, and Gcnrrec
Pittsburgh, for plaintiff.
OPINIoNroF JUDGE GRIER.
A l write with difficulty can caly state the cor
elnslons to which my mind has come after careju
Inc comn!ainant has exhibited q patent dated
10Th Of April 1875 This is prima facie evidence of
good title, and puts on the respondents the bur
den Of proof that the patent is void or worthless
need not repeat my remarks in the c"ss ~ Co.,
year W. Day Il WALL G. c. Rep; 2sgl b,,, no,y
adopt them as aording rule OF decision which m.
plies ceaSy to the present case.
AS the Infringement of the patent il admitted
me only question Will be as to the validity of com
plananis patent Of April 25 1865.
~ was aiter speculation had been reduced TO
pfacIice and after repeated experiment., that tbe
comphinant succeeded in overcoming he nrciudicc
and Ignorance of the people On the subject nnd
persuaoing the public that his invcnton was useful:
after he had established Its great utility and y,ne
and "when his genius and patient perseverance,. in
spite OF snccrs and scOils,'' were comnlot.iv snc
cessfnl, that Reed, who had befnrc made cxnori
ueh's on tne same subject, and was uns,lcces .f,l
mnsined that he had the best right to the inyenton'
ana after purchasing one OF more Co.nps;nant's Tor
pedoes, no applied on the LIST OF November, 1851.
Tor patent for substantially the same cnn,ii.'
lions Oi devices and machine Contained In comnoin
ants patent. On the 18th of the same month The
respondents formed themselves into a compnny or
corporation called "fhe Reed Torpedo COinpany.,'
Tor the purpose of pirating the ct,mpainnpi,s H.
venticn and supporting tho expense OF liti@atiu,.
ard thus dofraud him Of the frdit'. They have De-
r.r even alter tne preliminary injunction very
Let Il d cree be entered for Compla;uant c,r n por-
petuai ,nlunctlon. and tastor appointed to take
an account according to the prayer Of the bill
Il. e. GRiEii, Judge.
=. NorE-The passage retired 10 by Judge Gricr in
ann;c.h, q, nG,son. Mnl'Nc 2 2oo adopted Us
1t Is Usually the case. when anv valuable II .c,v
cry Is nade or any rev !naone Of u:e:t u,itily *
itiven,cd, That theaicton Of The public has been
fnrucd to that subject prevo,sly, and thai ,,,,,,
persons have been making researches and cyurri
iiehIs Philosophers anu mvciinicans NAV law.
ID some n, h-irf anticipated in their 81, ct a,ior4
me p'ss,biity or pr'Dahlty Of such discovery or
ihven'D'; m'ny experiments have bfor successful.
~ iiIed, coming very pelr yet lny shore ,f tI,o
.cslred result They have produce, aothinr lrnu-
nN'.'. me luVcni,n w''cn perfected may truly be
= Re- 'H Sgai.$ 2i.' n Gf y @aRS a,v EG &
ors he miy hay. proiited indirectly by The i,n.n"
ce-sfu experiments and failures of otliera. brt i,
.lVes ,ne no right to c'ain share OF the honor of
li'c prom OF the sutcc.sfdl !nvcuO. II IL vbcu
uavi nus nech yedac "a to practice, when ex
pertinent Lt' resulted in discovery and when that
discovery ht' hccn perfected Icy patient ana cOutin
i.si experiments. when some Iew cDrnnon,d urt
Mnu lc.iie. OF in!l.inc has been ltrl. M, d ed
which Is Istiuito public that tie party
ps"oni,s pIec b'stctor and entitled 10 "A I,n'.f,t
l., .nui yet wheh genus and paii III perseverance. |
nave at length siiccucdcd, in sai.o Of IN, or. and
ooit9' some valuable invcnti0n or uisco'ery, how
seldom Is IL follower by reward Envy ,ob. him
u the honor, while gpecul uoss, swjndc,s. and nj |
saI.s ROD nm of tho profits Every ln.snccr.sfI !
rXperimnief who did or did did rot come y,ry
near making u discovery claims il, Every on,
VINO c''n invent an Improvement or vary it, form
l;tiniS right to pra,e the ORIGINAL discovery WI
need not SUMMONS Morse OF Blanchard, or Wood
worth to provc that this is tho usual history OF ,y,.
~ grrat discovery or invention
"Thc Present case andS another chapter tn this
long and uniform aIstOry.'-2 Wallace, G. T.. kt |
ports 292 |