The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-05-04
TORPEDOES.
THE ROBEysTS
PETROLEUM. TORPEDO GO.
Office at the
RED pLANING MILL.
Corner OF pine and second S:rccts,
Near the Haiiroa0,)
TITUsVILLE, Pa.

NITenT- . Y
taining The Roberts patent they have LOWERED
the price OF their Torpedots
TWENTY PER CENT.
so that every Operator can afford TO try a Torpedo
before abandoning Well.
The following Is the decision rendered by Judge
Grier the twcnty-second (22l day OF serterlLer.
1879 in the United States Circuit Court st Phi lad 81
phia. The case was argued three days by Charles
NJ Keller Of New York, y. T. Lucas aa1 ). A. Per-
yiance Of Pittsburgh, for defendants, ana Geotg
Harding of Philadelphia, ani George II. Chtsiy, oi
Pittsburgh, for pisnu;I.
OPINION OF JUDGE GRIEI.
As write with aillicIlty can only state tho cor
clusons to which my mind has come afieE : careful
examination Of this case.
The complainant has exhibited patent dated
25th Of April, 1855 This Is piua face evidence OF
good title, and puts en- the respondents the bur
den of proof that the patent is void or worthless.
need not repes; NV temarf : in the case OF Good.
year V. Day u Wall, Z. {. Rep; 20 but now
adopt them az aOrng rule OF decision wlic,. -p-
les csariy to the present case.
As The Infringement Of the patent is admit tet,
the on. guest will bo Gs TO the validity OF
plainan's patent of April =, 1858.
''lt was after speculation huc been reduced TO
practce and alter repeated experiments that .he
complainant succeeded in overcoming he prejudice
atG iguOranc. OF the people On the subject, and
pcTsua ug the pabsio tlai his iiiyention useiu;
Hft he had established IT. great utility and va ue.
aud when his gen u ana patient perseverance, in
spite OF sQcer- aud sco.lS were CoupletcIy sue
ce--i -iul, that Reed. who he'd before made expei.
meni- Oh the same suuject. aud was unsuccessful,
i'm eirei that he had tie best light to tic in, enliDn,
ana after purchasing one oa more complanaatstor
peioes lac applied ON Tho 1t OF Nov Cnber, lS11,
for plt M for substantially the same Uornbiua-
ii1ns OF devices ard aiiu" tained in CONF lain
auts patent Tn the 18th of this same month the
respondents formed themselves into company or
COZ poiaiiun ca led ''lhe Reed l'o,padD Company
for the purpose of is,tios the mp,a, ,nau's in
'el tion, ana arp ran: r!e expense oi litigation,
ard th.s de..iu4 EiHl IF the lriuts Ihey have pe.
rg Injunction
properly Ctsnicl b, te District Judge
Iet d crec be entered for complainant for a per
petlal ujuuc5iou. ald u "a lstsr appointed 10 take
a. account according ID tue prayer Of the bill
X. Z. G.uER, Judge.
NoTE The pass'ce referred to BY Judge Grier in
hi. iurnor dc son, 3 Naldcs. p. go adopted Us
applicable To tlis cGss was o. follows:
''lt i usually the case, when any valuable discuv-
cry Is made or any Lew machine Of great ui i:y ia
invented that trt a ten'iuu Of Tue public hl, been
TUNED to thlt subject pr-vIocsiy. aiid that may
persons have be Il maAirg researches ard expert
menis Ih los 'patr, ami luecAiuciaGs NAV have
a some nj. hsgre anticipated in their sp,cu ations
the possibility or pro auility Of -uen discovery or
inventions; n'any experiments have b successful.
~ lileG coming yer uecr yet IA Ing short TT the
te'l,ed result They i've produced nothing bene
~ Al The iu,eiIiipn Ni!e perfected may trnly ne
cd u be the CE niuauGg point OF many expert
ioI :, :! on ! by the inventor, hut ly many 9TH
cr-. may ntVt lr .Jef iu!Igoc;ly by the unsur-
&c s!u experiments and fail ares of other. but II
gise- tie 10 rignt To a share OF the he nor Of
TIE prod Of tie sG' 'cr-slU Inventor II il when
.pecu "ton has reen rs.rc 10 practice, when et
pertinent la Itol IN discover? aad when trat
CicUvcy Ia, been perfected by patient ana cont.u-
uvd cApsr M su's when new compo and. art
inturi! !ctu e or Jnucune has been ihu- produce a
which u Us iui - tie pubic ti the party making ii
be"Oin.s arlOiC b.n uCrJg sud entitled e. patent
Aud yct wien -,u.us ana p1itnt perseverance
nave az rIEth suC' tIcC, IN s,li of I'll, eT- aLi
scCn- some valuable Invention ar Gsco"ery, how
seldom is j. iO,luwel by rewurd Envy iobs him
Of the honor - HE syeculitOls, swiud S. ard pi.
frivs rob tin Of tie p.u:ts. Every uusucce.si Il!
es;ieriu uiec who dij or did or di. lot come \try
n''.r uIailrg discovery now claims it. Every Que
who can inv ut an Improvement or vary it's iurtn,
Claims a Iig!li l. ilrsc the original CiseUNery. Ne
II Cd not suGimors o'ss, or Dilnchai d, or Wood
worth To prove NJ ti- j. the usual hi tory Of eve
y grtat ,iscuv ry or Invention.
The pres IL case s'-ds another chapter to this
long aiu unifJrm history.'2 Wallace, {. Z. Re
pots ?. .92.