The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1871-02-23
OPINION OF JUDGES cpypp


rs write with difficulty can only s,a,o
Susona TO whica my mind la, coz. ''ie con
exs .ne,or Of this ease N-'e "''er easeiu.
es,, :, o9n ,ia,ant hrs exhibited patent d,,.d
- "a Pm, 1870. This j. prima r,ci,. nxia ua'.,
sScoI tfe, aud puts ou the rcyuonJ.r, "eliSe ' oi
"'. VI ptop, that the patent Is void or u'i
ne" riot iepeat my Icmarks ia the cassof Col.
y.AI -; oay y Wall, Q. c. Ken. l5o t, W. "oou. M
adopt helu ~ ai,ors,ing rlje oi dec;si, ost now
p"es cies,iy to the Present cAse "''n ap'
~. ~, snc .al.i'setnent of the patent is almi, TOD
sn oh'v question win be as 10 Tho va,id, .r @ .'N
piaiI,eiB pStent of April 2j. ISIS ' Vi coiA
-. W., niter speculation had been rodr..d -
cnw,,' a.'d a''er repeated experiments, thar The
aud i,,,rs,cs s,pr,caa f , n overcoming he prcu.ice
"'ii.9 the public that his invention Wa :, se,. mi,
snS ur .' 't'i.oi'sdrd ITS great utility and yane
sn,o of sn, seaus AID patient perseverance, in
ees.ill, .'it Heed. who had te,pye mad gs.o; saI
uiehs on the SINE subject, and WI. nnsn.ca.pSi
nm 81 ',a' ne had ilie best right to the inyenim
~ Nlei purchasing one o. more Co,onla,n,n,;, @ ~,
ps'o1' he uuplied Un tha l-t of Noy,.ml,. ,e,sl
.of pateh, for substantially the same cnml,;"s
% ',,i, uo.'ces aud airline Iutained in comnia;n.
ahti patent On the 10th of the SANE .oip''.ii, M
te-p)hfcnI5 'orined themselves into n cnnn,, 'iu M
cotpfat.on called The Reed Torpedo Cir"n ,v " !.
.r the P.rvYse OF piratiny the complainani,s IN
and ns d rrauap upi.y , y, tue expense OF litigation,
seNese'i, even riter the preliminary ininnc,nn J",,
PROXY granted by the District Judge '''S
petIta ,ninc,nr Iered ior complainant for per-
An account according to the prayer of the h '"Ne
IL Z. GkIEa, Judge.
HprE-The passage referred 10 by Judoe C,,ior t.,
Ms lF'ner dec's'cn, Wallace D. 2gg sSon,.,J ~. ia
app .cipi, 10 lhi- ensc WAS as follows: 'N 10
~ - usually The casc when apy yaIuab,o a,...,
~! 'auc or any new machine of cr.at nj itv l.
!hs"n,"i I.at tteaitcntion of the public bo S.an
.u'hhN 70 mar subject previously, and thar r,a, ~
per- .os NV: heen making researches and exnsri
hien's philosophers and mechanicinns no, uAps.i p
~ some ''.asuro antcpated In their snrc,ioti"rs
we pussln'l'y or probability of such discoverv n.
thVehuoh many experiments have beer ,,cr,.sr,,I
ne eoniliiS very near. yet falling short ~ tho
aeS','d Jesuit They have produced noihin, hen.'
80 , -, is uNe''llnh VIE perfected may truly he
mon > not only by the inventor, hut by m,nw IN.
"s' rs nhy nav. protited indirectly by The ,nsuc.
ce-.iu experiments and failures of others hn. i,
gives 'heh 40 rght to ella IN n share of the he nov I
p., We pr"i. oi .ne successful inventor 1t is when
spGcnlniloh has been reduced to practice ,rhan ny
IeFineht ia' resulted in discovery ami when rho,
ui-c"'ery ta~ been perfected by patient nnn cnn,ir
ucH cAperIin,n when some new connnunI art
nisnulnctuFd or fnaetine has been thn. nro;nc.t
m Is lselii 10 tpe pubic that the party max ing 4
N'n. nt aPupi'o pehriactor aud entitled to patent
ana YET vhcn genius aud patient Darseveronc,
ha'e ~ length succceia1, In sDite of snp.rs and
ssohs' some Vniuabls Invention Ur Cisco.erv bn,,
s'l"nl l. IL iolowci by reward Envy roh. hin
VI i"c hnnor, shile speculators sw,ndl,,s nnd nj
ia,'s TOD nm OF tiie profits Every un.ncce-sin
sNp. hieiitei who did Or did did not como y,r,
nssi making discovery now claims il. Ever o,,'
~ Nho can invent an Improvement or vary its i,ro,
eii'is r'gnt IN pirate the original disc,verv ",
pvea ho' summons aiorse, or Blanchard or Wood
"s" ~ prove tuat mis- Is the usual history of eve
r. 4its. discovery or invention Va wv
''rhc presen: ease ;llds another cbor,or a.. A.,
POrts y. 293 ~ u ne