The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1871-11-02
OPINION OF JUDGE GRlFkr

| As write with difficulty can only stat. ,l.c co,.
cluSions 10 which my tnild has ne af or A o,r,
examination OF this Cast '"
The com piainant has exhibited "a ua,eut dot,
18Th oi April, 1868. This Is W ma fac!, q, ,d.,,r -
good title, and puts on the respondents the bur
den ot pfo'i that The patent /, void or wort.lcss
neeL not repeat my remarks III The ease of t,un,
| year vs.. Da! " Wall. c. G. hep: ..gJ but No.
adopt them as allording rule u, decision " icb nt
piles clearly TO the ples"ut case. ~
As the Infringement of the patent Is admitted
the oni, question will be as to the validity nf 80
plainanIs iatont oi April 2,.ls5S.
Il Was atl.r speculati' had been r.duc,,d +,
practice. ana ai'r repeated experiments that tho
comp sinaut succeeded ia over conf. Ire pr, 60
and guO ance of the people Oh lh,. subi,,i a,J
reTsu iGing tn puoic tna his Invention .,9, ma H.
AIT ne had cettb shed It's gre Il inv auI vain
ami when h's genius and .tciit letseytrarcs IN
sp'lTo -heeIi nu scuii-, were completely sue
&C SUI, hat IL cd Who had before m, de exner,
intnt= on he SANE subject and was unsucc,s,,i
ana aiIer burCh.slng or more e. ,pnaiu,u = vs.,
peIues, he appi d on tie lsi Of NoytlLDer Is,-
Tor paici fur substantially the samr conhit,'
% ut' Vi ue'ic's anu ha.i he con a'net In Complain
hit i"ttni; oh ne 10th the sane mon h The
ie-iundeIis ttmod thense ives mo u c,npan, ,r
Cor, ,tGtiOn cai,d '' h. Leed u on edo ,,urs,,
7 the Iurloso II p rating the con plaiisnt : I'M
feh'ion' att SUPPORTING tue expe oi litigation.
anu tuus deIrauG hiG OF tue fiu,ts They my. -
se'ed, even ailer the preIna Y injuucti n ,e'v
properly granted by Il, islrici ,Iuc..:
Let degree tc entered for com, lninlt C,r a mar
petuh injunction; aud hld.tcr, nppuinie t. tske
az "Ie""h' a''.iul4g 10 The payer Of The bill
H. e. GIILh, Judge.
HorE-tnc passage referred TO by Judge Cricr In
hs i"rinef cls gu, ) Wallace, D. 200 ,,dopted s
sip 'f'sUie 70 tEis ease wa. 81 follows:
u l~'1-u ~! IAe case, whom any valuable discoy.
Y! 10 wade, brsn! new uacilue of great min IL
Invented TIA. siestcniiuil of the public ha. heer
urn,u to that sunisa;i prev Susl, ami tLnr ,,,,.
per-ons nave pesn making researches and exp,ri.
nlehts fhlo9 iphtrs aut. IA seh iu.ceus NAV have
'hs1me m asGr- anticipatcc in uair 80 t,iistiors
..ie pu-siolity or probability of such d,c,,, ery or
,hNehuoN' WNhS experiments iiRve beer surc,5.IuI-
y ulc cOuiiiis very tear. yet Ia ling shurt al H.,
ie ired result They have produced Doihiu,r h,.nr-
Gcai Inc Invention wine perfected NAV iruly 9
>Au 20 De inc culmlnajng point OF many ,Ni er
men :, moi only bytne Inventor, tut BY many ,,l.
OTIS ne may haN' prnhted ndirectl, by the unsuc.
ce>7lu' experiments ana failures of Dthers, but II
gives tnen no reit to ca m share OF the hgpor rr
the prott Of the successful inventor n /. ub,,,
spt.latlOn has been reduced tu practice when on .
perlni' NJ IA resulted Ia discovery and when thnr
discovery ms been perfected ny p4,ieui ana cntir
ueu experiments when some new compound. art
, ul,.hul9cluIe, oi machine has been ibur produced
"hich Is dseiu totAe public that the rari Y making Il
becomes apublie beu'faCtoT and entitled io a rglent
ANU YET wheh genius aud pati. Ut p,rseIcraur
nave al icngln succeeded, In -piIe of sp,er- and
coils, some valuab, Invention or oisco"erv how
,siion Is II followed by rewnrd Envy reh- him
pi tue honor, hue s,cculators swtnd le $ nud nj
'airs rob him OF the profits Every u,,,ncressrrl
experlnt ,iler WHO did or did or du lot come vpry
near making n discovery now claims H. Every ON,
VINO can lpVent an inpr uyrineut or vary il, iurm
'lau, right 10 pira'v the Origin al discover, We
u.eu hot r1Inmuh- orse, Or Bllnchard or Wood
ry great discovery or invention
ne present case ADDS another chanter TO this
long and uniform history - Wallace. c. q Kea
ports p. 2s2