The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-06-06
ROBERTS FHTkULEUW 1VIN' HDO'
TORPEDOES.
TRg, lsOUEHTS
PETROLEUM TORPEDO Gu.
IsiiCc 1t the
RED i'LANING IILA,
,Corner OF Pine ana second Streets
tCNcar tho kcaiirOad,)
TTUSVILLE, PA.

ror,n,iss,on5r Of patents in ref,aing tn VIM Reed
na,ant a.d tle decision Of Judge T. {. Grier s9s,
tainiLg tle Roberts patent thoy.h nave .loN HiNib
the price Of thcir Torpetoc3
TWENTY PEE CENT.
50 ,ha. evpty Operator can aiIordto try )" IorpNo
before ebsndoning Wei.
The loliowin. is the decision rendered by Judge
Griee on the twenty second tsz) diy ot SepSe'n1eT'
lS6o in the United States Cr,nlt Court III tai"ae'
n Keller OF Mys. York, Il. =. Lucaa and y; A Pufi
vi1nce Of Iittsbufgh, for defer tants and Geor.e
Harding of Philadelphia, snd George IL ChrisIy, 0
Pittsburgh, FOX pa NTH
OPINIONFOF JUDGE GRIER.
A write with tificulty can only state the con
cisions to which my mind has como ater ! earei';
examination Of this ease.
The comnlainant las exhibited patent dated
18Th OF April, 1865 This j, prima ecie e'dencs Of
q GOOD title and puts on the respondents the bur
den OF proof that the patent is void or worthless
| need not repeat myremarks IN the case Of Good
year Va Day q Wall, G Z. Rep 80 bat Il now @
adopt them ls afOrGns rule OF decision wicn ap'
plies clearly to the present case. ~
As the infringement of the patent is a1nli! TED,
the only question VIII 90 IS 70 .he validity OF com
| plainants patent Of April 25, 1855.
| AT was after speculation mad been reduced 10
practice and after repeated experiments, that the
complainant succeeded in overcoming he prejudice
and ignorance of the pcop.3 on tie suncc' ana
oersugding The public that his invention was useful!
after he had established its great utility and value.
and "when his genius and patient perseverance, IN
spite Of sneors and scoiis, were conlp,eIey sue
cessfu that Eeet who had before made expert.
ments on the same subject, and was unsuccessful,
imaainod that he had tic best right to tue INVENTION
and after purchasing ore of more complement @ 1Cs
| pedoes he applied on the lst Of November, lSt7,
| for a patent for substantially the same comb!ra-
tions of devices and machine contanedi in complain
| ants patent On the 18th OF the same month the
respondents formed them solves into company or
| corporation called "The Reed Torpedo Company"
for the purpose OF pirating the con,painanrs in
1enton, and supporting the expense on itigat,oi.'
and thus defraud hin of the fruits. They have PEI
severed even after the preliminary iiiunction very
properly granted by the District Judge.
Let dScree be entered for complainant TOR per
| petual Injunction, and Master appointed 70 take
Il. C. GRIER, Judge.
snrr-The passace referred to by Judge Grier IL
his former decision, Wallace, P 299. adopted as
appiicabic to this case was rs follows:
XII is Usually the case, when any valuable d'cov
cry is made Or any new machine OF 9tGat n.iIIy j
turned % th,. subject previously, and that many
oer40ns have Goen making researches and expert
insnts Philosophers and meclaniciahs ma nave
u SONG MEASURE Anticipated in their speculation.
the oesiI iiity or nro llbility Of such discovery o
in-entior many 6apcr,.0crtl rave hcon successful
II t,ied, comm. very near. yet ialnns SNORT o. th
desired result. They have produced hoth'ng oene
fCiai me invention when perfected may truly b.
said 10 be the eliminating point OF .nanv eHperi
fmen.s, not only by yhe inventor. bIt by many otn
ors lie nay hsYs pr01ited inl,c:tly by 'ne uhsnc
cossrul experiments and failures Of Cher, but +
,i,cs haui mo riht 10 claim n share of the l.cnor
| the croft Of the successful inventor 1t is wfeI
ipoeculstcn has hacn reduced 10 practice, when e'
pertinent has resulted ii discovery. ana WhcN ga
discovery has b5il pcec-ed by patient anc cor IN
ued e,per!glent5, vile. s)i45 new COMPOUND, arr
uannficture. OF machine has been thus PROD Ioe'
when Is useful 10 epuolictho ;he party making
beaou,es syubiic beitfictor and 3rtited 20 patent
! Aud rot whc1 geniss anu Titicit pereevefanc
have al length succoeted il spite Of snters an
. scofs some valuable Invention or discovery, hq'
sSlFnIr is il followed Dy reward Envy robs aia
Of the honor whiie specy.iators, swindle's, and p
r,,tes rob hiIl Of the profits, Every unsoccessu
e.:,,eri.nen.or who d.c or did or did not come Ver
near making discovery now cia rs IL Every on
Who can Invent al Improvement - vary its form
claims a sht 10 pirate he ORIGINAL discovery "
rcfd not sunuioIs Morse, Or Blanchard or WOOD
worth To pio.o that this is tho Usual history of evt
nv rroat discovery invention.
'"The present case aoda another Chapter y "a,
long and ,nilofui Eatoly."l Wallace, G. 6. r.
ports p. .l2