The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1871-04-07
OplNION OF JUpUE GEIER.

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oPlNIDS OF JUDGE GEIER.
As wd,c With duuoulty can Oniy state the con
ci-ion. 10 wnich my miDd n,.s come atl.r c,Go.u
sxaIniia,iun oi this cast
igu com i,.n IA ua., exhibited ~ patent dateG
18th vi Apil, lcJo inis l. pr na imir tNrieuee ul
a 10 - titic, DuI puts on the respondents tie hur.
d,H Of prorf tia, tio piteLt Is 'od or worthless
uecu IutI., At ~ ,e!sAtss ilit ease VI Nuou'
ye9r ". "a, L. wan, q. &, i.ci; @%5 Oul No"
uyt chem aioriint :. rue OF ueClluA wiich "a =
. lc4 clca w To tPc J. es-nt cNse.
At ,ne iIilu -e"cut 81 me patent IS alnitt'u,
the uui, Qu, ,t,On Hlu be rs lu the 'ataly vi Com
piaiiu.u ,,atvnt ot- Aprii - 1905.
..it Wa uitcr specuiJtun udj been Ieudced 10
practice ald ai,er ie,csed experiments, that Tie
Complainant suc.,,de', NJ i".trcvnInS ne prejudice
aGQ isuoIanUCo ot tnv people On the SUBJECT .ud
ncr-tal,i inc phb,io tuH, bis invention was useful;
i!,ac he hti established IL = eat utlty and value
ARd ',,i.en hls genus Nhu .uen petsoNei ancv, la
spite ul -nuer> .id scOfs, were completely sac
ces >tii. tax iced, ~hu Las. De'oIe made cXps,
ulenl un the SIN" sut.cct. aud was ulisuccessiu
iuigiuet umt ne h,d the nest .i.ni t"t,e nv ion
a a auer pui chasts one .. n!"Io Goa, ,lainaGtsiur
peluc- h- applied on The i-t o' November, ibr'
i.r Dtt,Ii Tor -lhsbtHti.l. the -tule uuuui;ina
tiun- o dvNIee. and Il hoe cu..,IinvG in comp ala
aut'- patent. uu The 10Th Oi thv same month the
re-nouLcnts formed thciu,eiN,. intva COMreny "a
cofuoraiou called ''lhe h,ed Torpedo Con-. Any, -
fur the pa. yvsc oi pIating the comp lintn lh-
yeat,Su, au4 sUYp rtln- the expense 90 htistioL,
A d ,nu- denau. him oG the irul,-. They have pc;
propcily game by tue D.-trict .'@jee.
i,tad cica be entered for eompii.nant for per
pctnal iniunctiOn and u Master u,lointcd 10 take
ii. accJuA, Iceordlng 10 tne pr"y.i Of he bill
q A. 4. GhI ri., Jadss.
Norr--The passage referred to bv Judgc Cricr in
hi former .cis'On, ] Waincr, =. .yy adop,sd ns
ann icn,ie to IN, rnsO wn- rs follows:
~. Is l-u,li, thU cu-r, when any .ainailo uiscOv-
,,,y il -nde or any machine o great iily IL
iI.,rntou that thra tcn!ion OF HE ri.sic Aa7 hecr
iirhcd to tllt subject previously and mat may
l,,Y.u,s have Zee, II making tese.u che> GuG eAp,ri
nept. IN l,t-ip.,rs ahd n,ohaHlcian- nlIy Lay,
IA me IN u sie anticipated III i.ett sii, GU .tUus
~ po-sni iiYor pfoH.Di..iy ui such discovery ol
,n,tntu'; indny expcr'n'ents nave "ei Huec's-iul'
IL led, coming Vety ne,.r. yet hling short - the
desired result They have pr'Hlcvd hotthng DDuc-
Bcal n, iaycn lon whe' rc.irtt,t ma, truly be
-,iu tn ha the cU,u.iud,ihg pU nj OF iuAnv cAptu
utru = MT Uii'S ny ihe ein,e.trf. bu, by many utn
Dr- lie may nav, ,,soiiica inursj.l, b. ilc TN uc
c,.stai e..-tiin -n'- aid aiure. OF Cher, hut II
give. tae iight TO cin IN share OIL ILt htLJr o
the pruii of n. st,ucc-ntii inventor IL il when
,p,.n anon has bseu issipc d 20 p.7.-iice "heu eA
pe,lieni La. ,cs,.itoG IN u-coyery and when that
i.,oVcry h..- De Il p,rfa,et ~ p!i'ruI ana cuntiu
led eNprrim :nis when some new compound, mi
msnu,dciu.e, or mufhne has been thu p.utuc,a
whicn il usetl To the public that the party nasini
be.ui,. public ben factor and rut ttl - pai ont.
and yei VIXEN genius ard pa,i' it parse, eraucr
nave at length Succeeded, in siie of -hrers hud
COTS sor,u V'lulble h,ve!liOn nr Cisco'ery, how
saU,um Il il followed b, reward Envy rops lin
OF the honor IS h1e specrlaofs, swihdit :, and p,-
rates rob him OF the prohi-. Every unsuccesSiul
ex,,ermemef who did Ur did Urdid not come very
near making II discovery now claims II, Every oni
WHO can invent en Improvement vary its iorn,
claims right o piIae the orig'ual di.c INeiy. w
n ced not summons Morse, or Bianchnd' or Woui'
worth to prove that This Is The rsal history OF eve
ry great discovery ur iuyentcn.
"lhe Present Case accs nhotaef cnAplcr 10 TINS
long and uniform history - Wallace, e u Ae-
ports p. @92