The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1871-11-09
OPINION OF JUDGE GRIEny u5 d,

As write with din.culty can only state the cor
illusions to which my mind has come after A carsr
examination OF this case.
The complainant has exhibited a patent ds,e5
18th Of April, Isis THIS is prma faci. evidence Of
good title, aud puts on the respondents Tho Inn,
den oi proof that the patent is void or worthless
need pot repeat my Ienarhs ia the cas-, Of Good
!eir v Day u Wall, q. G. Ksp; 2.g) bat maj,
sdOpt them rs aiordng rule oi decision Which s,'
plies clearly to the pfesent case
As tue infringement ui the patent is admitted
the on! question will he us to the validity of com
pla ans itent oi April -, 1858.
- was af',r speculation had been Reduced 10
practice ald AFT, repeated experiments that N.
comp alnant succeeded in over coming the preiudJs
and ignorance If the people on the subicI. sps
uersn ng the public tnat his invention iMas u,clss
ait.r De Tad e-tabi shed it, great utility and yas,
and when his genius and p'tieLt per.ayrr,ur- =
spite o rncers nlI scuii, wer, conlnlatrIy .pr
&C sui, tnat Reed, Who had before nude exnS,.
ments On ne same subject and was uusucc,es;uI
pc-Oe-, hc applied on TIE LIST Of Noycn, b-r lsr-
Tor apuo tfur substantially tae ZANE combis,
"is y. devices ald machine contained in complain,
ah's p-ttn.; On the 10Th vf tie same mOnh th,
re pondent- formed then 50 ives into y COMPANY ar
c'rtctation called ''Ih- herd Tor, edo Compsp,
. we purpose tf rntfg the con painali il
Nen''on aud supporting the expcasee oi liiigatot
anu Gus deiglud HIM cfthc fsri.ts They M. ~
served, even amer tue ptel.mary l. iuucti n yr,y
prop.iy gaated ~ III .si-irict Jude.
i'et degree be entered fpr conn lainaI for A y
pe'ui, inJunc'l"'; and Master app'inie to ak, |
an actouhs Accordingly io the payer OF th.hil
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NOTE The passage referred 70 hy Judge Gricr u |
Ms foriner daCts'On Wallace. y .yg ndunl.d 1. /
app ic,bie 10 ihi- case wds a, follows:
it l. u,u,ily tie case, when any valuable d..oy
cry Is nade, or any new mae iue uf great uliiy /.
invented thAt the attention uf !he public La, b,tn
turned 10 ltit subject PREVIOUSLY. and that n,7
p-i-onS nave bern making rrseafcUe. and .xu.6.
menb FhlnsOputrs ana m,clhulCiaus may L,r &
N some measure anticipated IN their -p cuiatou
lie p'-,ipiltl or pioha'!ny Of such discovery o.
nNcnuo'' mary experiment, have bee, ,ucr,.si1 T.
y i.cd. coininL very rear. vet IN linz .hort nj M
ne ltyd result. 1huy htye produced nothing ben,
nclaI rae lnNcnlun whe perfected may truly
u s-Iu 10 ne the eliminating point Of nlany ex,G.
nIe" - iu' oh u! INC inventor hut hy many ~
or'' ne may nav. proiiied indirtrtl, by the un.
ce-siul experiments and taiures of others. bu, ~
g've- tbe'n no right to IA share ui the he nor
the pro'.t OF the successful inventor II Is wa
sp''l alOn has been Reduced to practice wien O l.
pertinent ia, resulted ia discovery aud when Is
discovery hA. been perfected by paten, ana cOn,l
ueu experiments, when mo new cumround I'll ,
manufacture, 1r machine has bern thu. proG1rk
l. useful to republic, that the partv nakr.
oeeolhe- hpubic hen rctOg and entitled to u pig,I ~
"And yet when genius and ,3ii,u ucrsc,eNn r.
have al length succeeded, N spite of su,srs stt
scons, snric valuable Invention or aisco~erv hgl
seldom Is II followed by rcwnrd Envy rob. h.s' 81
OF the honor, White spectators, swindtefs, snd l
eH,es rop nm oi the profits Every rn.uccesu n
eAperihent-f who did or did ar did not come ydy
near making u discovery now claim. n Every ors \
VINO can invent All improvement or vary It. iOrE II
Claims right Ia pirate the original .i.cOyrry W
neeo mol summons Morse, or Blanchard, or welF
ry great discovery or invention Ia
"The present case Hnd- another ch,nter 10 N.Y.
long and uniform history 30 WallacsI Z. L II
ports p. 2S2 W