The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1871-03-17
&OBElsrs' PETROLEUM TORPEDO.
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PE7a1LEuM TlapEDD CD.
office at the
Ran pLAYING MILL.
Corner ofptne ani second Streets,
;Sear the &atlroahJ
TIIUSVILLE, PA.
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the iolo"in- Is the decision rendered ny Judge
,'ricr on the tN"ity~ecoll (.2l DAY OF september,
.oiE. u tie Umt,u states Clrcdit Court at PEilaue
phl1. Tie case WIS argued three days by Charles
NJ Keller Of New luiS, B r lucas and ;. a. Pur-
vance oil tllls3u'si5 lo' uci' Adahts, ana George
Hardin! OF fnia4ept.h and George H. Chlisiy, Of
Pittsouteh for p'anuil.
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vi '"AYN VT 'OA'" "hiEn
As wlite with lih.cility caa only state the con
clueons ~ which my niHd mas conie after Il care.u
INV com .t,,ilnt Los exhibited "A patent dated
18TH Of Aprii, loui This is prma lcir evidence OF
a good title, and puts on the respondents the bur
deu of prO't tnat the patent IS yo'd or worthless
Leci not repeal ~ .eInarhs in Ike of Good
year ". Day q Wall, Z. L. Eep; 30 bat now
adopt them as alorins rule % decision vi ch al
pie, cea iy 10 tue pie>ent case.
As tine infringement ui the patent Is admit ted,
the onj question: VIII Oe as to the validity oi com.
plainan's patent of Apr -, lSjS.
''lt wa, aiItr speculation mad been reduced to
practice and after repeated experiments, that the
cumpainau, succeeded Ia overcoming he prejudice
and ignorance of the people IN tie subject and
prrSulOirg the pgOlic tiaj his invention WAS useful;
after ne had established ts great u!ht, and value
aud when his gen n auu patient perseverance, in
| spite oil sucers aud scO'l>,n were completely sue.
Cos siul, tnat Iced, who lad before made expert
men- on the s9gie subject, and was Unsuccessful =
i'm igted thai io had tic Oest light to the einvenon
az ait,i purchasing uue OF more CON painaut' tor
pe!u,:s, he a..piici on The ist o. November 1867,
| for patthI for subJtt. italy the same cOmbina
tion- Oi devices and line Contained in complain
ants patent. Tn the l5Ih u. the same month the
| re-poHdenls lorlued theinselye- mioa company or
| Gu. por,iun called Me Heed torpedo Company"
| for the purpose VI piratnZ the cump!ainaits in.
yenlon, anu supporting me eXpcAse oi litigation,
aud thus delg1uu hin Of The r.lts They have pc:
severed, even atyr the preliminary Injunction very
properly granteI 10y tle district Judge
1T Il he entered ;Jr con.plainant for per
! pctaal Injunction. AID Il hss,l appointed TO take
| al aCcsGa. according 10 the plRyer of the bill
Ii. {. GRIER, Judge
NorE--rhe passage referred to by Judge C,rer in
his former ieci-'ui, 3 Wallace p. 29, adopled ns
| app icsbie TO this case wa, rs follows:
''It is usually the case when any valuable dscoy.
cry is made or any newanachine of great uiity is