The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-12-16
Corner oy pine ard saconN Streets,
;Near the siatiroad,)
TITUSSINLE, Pa,

oAiiifls .l.e tslOsEbs kS1 LIZ
the prirp o! their forpeNo
GIVEN ~. PEa CENT.
70 that every Operator rqn a!orf H. Try a Torreio
before sbsaioring wei.
The following Ia the decision rendered bv Jr1ro
t'rier on the twentysecon1 t22) dly OF September
1859 III the United States Circuit Count M ph;lafel
phiG: The cs.o was argued three days b. Charles
NJ Keller oI New York, B. h. Lucas ami ). A. Fur.
yiauce of 1iItspRrSa for d,fandsuts, and Georre
nariing OF Pnisiclpha, \, and George Il. Chlisly, vf
PtsSaFkh, for p!ant1
OPINION oF JUDGE GREER
A. tv.ite With iifsnlty l can ouy state the con
Sa-ions 10 which my mind has coa.e after cac,it
examination OF this casa. q
Tue cDrnull ant has exhibited a pnten, ;,+cj
Xtn OF April 1855 This is pr'ma fa,ie evidence OF
aeood ttle and puts on tue respondents the hur
den Of proof thst the patent is VOID or wortniass
heel not rep al nay remarks III the case OF t,uol
yefr vs.: Day u Wall &. g. Rep; -2gJ bat nov
&lort them as afordin4 rule OF decision witch 40
pis> clearly 10 the present ctse.
As the infringement gf the patent Is N limited
the only queetioa viii be rs to the valid ty oi com
plnnan's patent OF @spril a5,ls5s
"lt was aittr speculation had been rednce5 tn
practice, and after repeated synerimanrs ,nst ~
son1ainant succeeded in oyercOnin. he rr,.i,dirr
ana ignorance OF tue peopls on tie subject and
peTsaadins the pupic that Ills invention was rs.,,
slter ne lad eatAO>1et It's great utility and value
and when. MS genus and patient perseverance il,
sp!e OF -lcers and SCOTS, were completely src.
sss'fui, t.'at Reed, VINO had ueIora innda evn,.i
inea's on ths same Iigc-t. and was unsuccg,.fli
imagined That he "a The best ighi to 0tLcinyan,,on'
a'ter parchasllg one Of more C1ruiananI'.tor
pedosS he applied on the ist OF November lsi,T
kor patent Tor substantially the same cunbiua
nons oi devices and achine cJntained in conloinn
ants patent On The 10th OF the same month IN,
N.pohuents formed tls.uSe v,s intpa corin,nv ~,
eorlor'uoh calcd The Reed Torpedo Co.tpinv .
Tor the purpose Of pirltirg tie c1nolainaui,s In
reiitiou, am supp 'rtns me expense %. hticatun
ana tll'is tefgilI him of the iriIit. They l,al No.
severed, even a!str the preliminary iiuncliou y.fy
properly granted by tie District Judge
u;crcs DC entered for complainant for pei.
~ sc;'uh1 according 10 the prayer Of the bill
Il. e. GhIER Judge
Nors--The passage referred to b. Judge Cric, in
bic loriner dac's'ciI, Wallace p. 2gg aioplrd as
app ictbte to this ease wa1as follows:
1t il E.uay the cas, When any valla,le ,i:.c,v.
81! Is si,1, of any new macniue Of great i ity i.
iHvciteo' ti!at thcatent0n OF the public ha. feau
ARMED 70 that subject previously. ami than ratv
persons nave he n making researches ard pSnrri
,len.s, ih.ios 'phsrs IN. ia9Chrnciaus may .ave
~ s-ine III ia9'Irsiitlc!pated III their sr,cli atoms
the possibility or propIolity Of -ueh discovery or
ihhuatiU"; many experiments have bae, srrec.s.rt
. nlea' coming very near yet ia ling short OF ;he
de'ircd result. They have produce! nothing b,nr
Neal The Invention .he perfected NAV I.,ilv h..
esii 10 be ihe eliminating point OF many eNileri
..eu =, ny oly ny tile inventor. nut by many 9th
yrs iie may nav. lirniiied indirectly by The in .pc
eessal experiments md fliln-es Of Others but ir
glve, sLe IL no r@t 10 ca IN share 0l the he nor OF
.ns pFon. Oh ,h9 +ucce,sIil inventor VII is when
pertinent ma resulted in discovery and wncn n
"i cuNecy ma huen perfected NY paieut a1lC coafu
usl exp riments. "len some nov comDuund art
msnniactu'c, or mrcnlnc has h9an Ihrl- produced
"hc'ls pstu 70 the pIDlic that III party lgkins it
'sohi apuohc D6n 'tnct9r and entitled to "a 'ert
"Anu yet when genus and patient perseverance
ta'e at length sac etel, in spite OF .i.ers aud
cons some valuable lnven!un nr cisco CRY, how
seldom is ii toilowc1'by reward E.,,.y md. lin
OF the honor "a ie .Jecul tturs swiHd g g. and nj.
rNrs ron iiln OF the profits. Every uaisncce.siu
oH.rrtm"nier wlo did oc d., or die not come y,ry
n"!r making discovery Claims IT, Every OF, =
w',o can invent An Improvement or war; its iur,n
'ii'n- rgnl u pirate the original disc yery We
81 not summons hose, OF Blanchard or Wood
worth t" prove that t!i- j. the usual history Of eve
~ great discovery or invention.
The present case aods another chapter to this
J'ng and Uniform history % Wallace, c. L. Re-
ports y. s92.