The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1871-05-24
TWENTY PER CENT.
OPINION OF JUDGE GREER.

As I write with difficulty I can only state ne COZ
clusion, 10 which my mind has come after IL cares.
examination vi this Case.
The con- lliinlEt has exhibited a uotpnt lat,,
2Jth Of April, iSi5. This i pr ma liciv evidence u
a good title, and puts GA tue respondents Tie bur
den OF proof that tie patent Is void or worthless.
l necd not IeiNAL NY eiuarks IN the ease of Good
year VI. DaN 4 Wall G. c. liel; ..9J bat nov
adopt them as utlordiug a RUE ol decision W icll an.
pics clchl ~ to the p Iesent case.
AS the infringement of the patent Ia admit ii,
the onl, Question will be rs To the validity ol con,
| plaiuans patent of Apii .. laJS.
lit was a!trr speculation Lad been reduced to
practice - and ai'er repeated experiments, thai the
complainant succeeded III overcoming he |rcjuGicc
and ignorance OF the people On TIE subject. ana
perSuauiug the public tlal liz invention W,- nsem.
afler he had established it, s.ett u,ilit, aud value.
and "Nhen ms gen u anu patient perseverance, IN
spite OF snCcr- and scOil-," were Completely nc
c~ess!ul,. that Heed, who Lad UeluIc made cXn3ri.
ilcnls on the SANG slhgctt, and was Unsuccessful,
IN lgiucI t!At he had tNc best light to tre nNcuiuu,
u q after purchasing one o. more Canplrnaut'.i Tor
pedOes lie applied on tho lst OF november, 1864,
for a pntcni Tor substantially the same coinlinu
lions I'll devices and arlGiur cJntaineuin conn ain
ants patent. On the 18th OF the same month thr
respondents formed themselves into a company on
cor pOral.on called The Reed Torpedo Cui.ptuy. 90
for the purpose Of pirltiEs the cumnMinnMis i,,.
veutiOn, aud supp lrtin. the expense ui lit.Itluu.
AID thus deirnua IiHI uf the lruI.s. They have me-.
severed even sitter the PIE iminasy injunction ten
properly granted by tue District Judge
Let Il dacrce be entered for cOmplaiuaut for Il rer.
pctlai INJUNCTION. and u iastcr appointed 10 tak.
AL account accotdiAg 10 the prayer OF he bill,
AZ. {. GREER, Judge.
NorE,-Thep passage referred TO by JUDGE t;ricr t.,
his former DECISION, . Wallace, p. 80 adopted IA.
app iciblc to this case was az follows:
~ ~ usually the case, when any valuable di.cpy.
cry j. wade, or any new machine Of great uI iy j.
invented, HAT theaitcuton Of The public. has Leen
lnrnCt 10 that subject prev Dusty. ana Thar ma, y
persons InIc I've IA making researches and cNu,Ii
meuis. ia !OsrphCrs ANA utchlniuians may iaX,
N some IA a-urr anticipated IN tLeir 50 cuiatinu-
-.ie FEASIBILITY or prD>ubllity of suri! discovery m
INVENTION: lnnny experiments lave bee. successful.
~ inca, coming NeIy near yet fa.iing short ,f the
Ge-ircd result. They have produced nothing benz
hclal 4 dC invention whe perfected may truly be
sid - be the eliminating point OF many exIeri
WVA =, MT on y by the ihVci.tUr, bur BY mnuv attn.
Ors. ne my las, pruiitei iu4irCa.ly by The lu-uc.
ce-,iul experiments and failures of Others, but in
gives them no right to ca IN Il share oil tho hcnOr nj
the profit OF lie successful inventor It is when
speculation has been rcduc, d to practice. when .N.
pertinent Ia resulted IN discovery and when I nj
discovery ma been perfected Icy Ualient ana contiu.
ued experiments when some luy .pnlyOhud art
mhnu.lcidie, ar maci,ine ha> bena. hui produced
which is U~sciultO thCpuhiic that the parry iuYkinvt
land yet when genius and patient perseverance.
have M length succeeded, in ssie Of slt, Is and
-colS. some valuable invention M disco"erv. how
seldom j. il followed by reward Envy lGbs him
OF the honor, Nlhc Spectators, swirdiG 3. aud pi-
rates rob him of tho profits. Every unsuccessful
eSIerimrn,er who did Or did or did not come very
near making u discovery now cluiiasit. livery ON.
who can invent all Improvement OF vary it's ,prm.
claims a right To uirat. the ORIGINAL disc VERY. We
need not summons worse. or Bl1nchnrd or Wood.
worth to prove that tii-i- The usual history of ey,
ry .r-at discovery or invention.
1.-The pIc.tnt case auas another chapter To This
long ana uniform history - Wallace, L. q lie.
ports p .J-